milestonesYear
Milestone
1956
Began drawing by age three
1973
Became interested in animation by watching a PBS program featuring experimental animation at age 20
Directed two short animated films while attending CalArts, "Phases" and "Tube Tales"
Studied under animator, Jules Engel, while working at Disney
1977
Worked as an animator trainee and an in-betweener on Disney's "Pete's Dragon" and "The Small One"
1979
Took eight months off work on personal projects sponsored by the American Film Institute
1979
Was funded through the National Endowment for the Arts to make his debut short, "Seepage"
1981
First credit as a full-fledged animator, "The Fox and the Hound"
Directed commercials for the Pillsbury Doughboy and Ritz Crackers
1983
First credit as sequence director, "Twice Upon a Time"
1985
Created the storyboarded fantasy sequences for Walter Murch's "Return to Oz"
1986
Founded own production company, Selick Projects
Directed promotional spots for MTV, including the award-winning Haircut M campaign
1990
Created the award-winning six-minute pilot for an animated series called "Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions"; sponsored by MTV
1991
Sellick Projects became Skellington Productions
1993
Feature directorial debut, "Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'"; was the first full-length, stop-motion feature from a major studio; nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1994
Skellington Productions was re-named Twitching Images, Inc.
1996
Miramax agreed to fully fund and finance as well as cover all operating costs for all film projects through his company, Twitching Images
1996
Directed the live-action/stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book, "James and the Giant Peach"
2001
Directed the live action/animated adaptation of the underground comic, "Moneybone"
2004
Developed stop-motion animation for Wes Anderson's feature, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"
2004
Joined the Portland based animation studio, LAIKA as supervising director for feature film development
2005
Directed LAIKA's first computer-generated animated short, "Moongirl"
2008
Directed the first three-dimensional stop-motion animation film, "Coraline"; the first feature by LAIKA studios
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