Henry Selick


  • Date of Birth: 30 November, 1952
  • Place of Birth: Glen Ridge, New Jersey , United States
  • 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... Read more

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Henry Selick will receive the CAS Filmmaker Award at the 46th CAS Awards, set for Feb. 27 at the Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles. A specialist in stop-motion animation, Selick directed this year's animated hit "Coraline" as well as "Monkeybone,"... ... Full Article

A few days ago I sat down with director Henry Selick ("Coraline", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "James and the Giant Peach") for a very extensive interview. ... Full Article

Young Henry Selick started drawing at the age of three; in awe of the creamy fluidity of Disney and agape at the skeletal menace of Harryhausen... ... Full Article

Sometime in the late 1800s, a British inventor named William Friese-Green realized that you could project two of the same image side by side, look through a stereoscope, and produce the illusion of three dimensions. ... Full Article

In February, there was Henry Selick's imaginative, fairy-tale-esque "Coraline"; in May, we were treated to Pete Docter and Bob Peterson's heartfelt "Up"; in August, Hayao Miyazaki's gorgeous and charming "Ponyo" finally arrived stateside. ... Full Article

Since he burst on the scene with the wildly imaginative 1993 stop-motion animated feature THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS , California Institute of the Arts graduate Henry Selick has been one of Hollywood's most innovative filmmakers. ... Full Article

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