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

Coraline
2009
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
James and the Giant Peach
1996
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
Wendell & Wild
2022
Return to Oz
1985
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
Monkeybone
2001
The Ewok Adventure
1984
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
Directing
11
Writing
8
Producing
5
Art
1
Visual Effects
6
Crew
1
2026
Walking with Animators
as Self
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self (footage)
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2018
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
as Self
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
as Self
2009
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
as Self
2005
Moongirl
as Gargaloons (voice)
2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Visual Effects
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
1997
The Harryhausen Chronicles
as Self
1993
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
as Self - Director