Henry Selick

Born: 1952-11-30

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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Waking Sleeping Beauty

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Released: 2009-09-05

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The...

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

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Released: 2011-11-27

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and...

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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

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Released: 2009-07-21

A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.

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On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

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Released: 2005-01-15

Director Wes Anderson and The Life Aquatic crew discuss the effort that went into crafting the...

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The Harryhausen Chronicles

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Released: 1997-01-01

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood,...

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Moongirl

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Released: 2005-09-23

Leon is night fishing on the bayou, catching fireflies in a jar under a big round orange moon -...

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The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass

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Released: 2018-10-16

An all-new documentary celebrating the legacy of the holiday specials created by Arthur Rankin,...

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The Holiday Movies That Made Us

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First aired: 2020-12-01

Unwrap the real stories behind these iconic Christmas blockbusters, thanks to insider interviews...

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