Henry Selick

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
00/00/1953
Birthplace:
Glenridge, New Jersey
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biography
This Disney-trained stop-motion animation specialist worked successfully in advertising and "personal" short subjects before making a triumphant feature directorial debut with the popular and playfully macabre "Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'" (1993). Selick became a Disney animator after graduating from the first class at CalArts to complete Disney's character animation design program. As he rose through the ranks to become a full animator, Selick worked on "Pete's Dragon", "The Small One" (both 1977) and "The Fox and the Hound" (1981) before taking off eight months in 1979 to Continued
Credits
Coraline
Director
2009
Coraline
Screenplay
2009
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director
2007
Monkeybone
Executive Producer
2001
Monkeybone
Director
2001
James and the Giant Peach
Co-Producer
1996
James and the Giant Peach
Director
1996
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
visual adaptation
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in Rumson, New Jersey
1956 
Began drawing by age three (date approximate)
 
Gained so much attention with his drawings that, in the fifth grade, he temporarily gave it up
 
Joined a rock band in high school
1973 
Inspired to return to drawing and became interested in animation by watching a PBS program featuring experimental animation at age 20
Continued