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Home/People/Henry Selick
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Born
Nov 30, 1952
Age 73
Place of Birth
Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

10
Movies
1
TV Shows
11
Directed
IMDb Profile

Henry Selick

Directing

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.
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2018
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

as Self
2012
Waking Sleeping Beauty poster

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2009
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2009
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On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

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2005
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The Harryhausen Chronicles

as Self
1997
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The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

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1993