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Also known as Charles Henry Selick

American filmmaker (born 1952)

Person · Open Library

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Top works

  • Music of Coraline
  • Moongirl

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • 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
  • Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self2005
  • The Harryhausen Chronicles — Self1997

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Person
Country
US

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,073
Total plays
7,473

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Born
( 1952-11-30 ) November 30, 1952 (age 73) , Glen Ridge, New Jersey , U.S.
Education
Rutgers University , Syracuse University , California Institute of the Arts
Occupations
Filmmaker stop-motion animator
Years active
1975–present

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Henry Selick
date of birth
1952-11-30
start of work period
1977-00-00
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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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