Name
Henry Selick
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1952-11-30 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Henry Selick (born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer and writer who is best known for directing The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Coraline. He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance of Jules Engel.
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- 2005 Moongirl as Gargaloons (voice)
- 2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- 2018 The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass as Self
- 2005 On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Visual Effects
- 2012 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2009 Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' as Self
- 2009 Coraline: Creepy Coraline as Self
- 1993 The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' as Self - Director
- 2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 2026 Walking with Animators as Self
- 2020 The Holiday Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Tim Burton: Life in the Line ( 4 episodes ) as Self (footage)
