Directing
Henry Selick
Born November 30, 1952 · Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
7.9 TMDB
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director
7.9 TMDB
Coraline
Director, Screenplay, Producer
7.1 TMDB
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Animation
6.6 TMDB
James and the Giant Peach
Director, Co-Producer
6.7 TMDB
Return to Oz
Storyboard
5.8 TMDB
The Ewok Adventure
Animation
6.6 TMDB
Wendell & Wild
Book, Director, Producer, Screenplay
5.3 TMDB
Monkeybone
Director, Executive Producer
7.2 TMDB
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
7.4 TMDB
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
6.6 TMDB
Twice Upon a Time
Animation Director, Sequence Supervisor
7.2 TMDB
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
5.9 TMDB
Moongirl
Gargaloons (voice), Director
7.0 TMDB
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self
7.1 TMDB
Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions
Director, Writer, Producer, Production Design
6.2 TMDB
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Visual Effects
8.0 TMDB
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
5.7 TMDB
Phases
Director, Animation
8.2 TMDB
Seepage
Director, Writer, Animation
3.5 TMDB
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
Self
Filmography
- 2026Walking with AnimatorsSelfMovie
- 2025Tim Burton: Life in the LineSelf (footage)Series
- 2022Wendell & WildBook, Director, Producer, ScreenplayMovie
- 2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelfSeries
- 2018The Animagic World of Rankin/BassSelfMovie
- 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelfMovie
- 2010Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2009Coraline: Creepy CoralineSelfMovie
- 2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'SelfMovie
- 2009CoralineDirector, Screenplay, ProducerMovie
- 2005MoongirlGargaloons (voice), DirectorMovie
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelfMovie
- 2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'Self / Visual EffectsMovie
- 2004The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouAnimationMovie
- 2001Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts FestThanksMovie
- 2001MonkeyboneDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1997The Harryhausen ChroniclesSelfMovie
- 1996James and the Giant PeachDirector, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1993The Nightmare Before ChristmasDirectorMovie
- 1993The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'Self - DirectorMovie
- 1991Slow Bob in the Lower DimensionsDirector, Writer, Producer, Production DesignMovie
- 1985Return to OzStoryboardMovie
- 1984The Ewok AdventureAnimationMovie
- 1983Twice Upon a TimeAnimation Director, Sequence SupervisorMovie
- 1982SeepageDirector, Writer, AnimationMovie
- 1977PhasesDirector, AnimationMovie
- 1975Tube TalesDirector, Writer, AnimationMovie
- —The Ocean at the End of the LaneDirector, ScreenplayMovie