Henry Selick
Also known as Charles Henry Selick
American filmmaker (born 1952)
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- Music of Coraline
- Moongirl
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Directing · Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Selick, licensed under…
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- The Holiday Movies That Made Us — Self2020
- The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass — Self2018
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan — Self2012
- Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
- Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' — Self2009
- Coraline: Creepy Coraline — Self2009
- Moongirl — Gargaloons (voice)2005
- On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' — Self / Visual Effects2005
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Charles Henry Selick Jr. (/ˈsɛlɪk/; born November 30, 1952) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his work in stop-motion animation and for directing the films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Selick is also known for his collaborations with voice actor and artist Joe Ranft. For Coraline, Selick received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Animated Feature.
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