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Henry Selick is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Producer and Animation American born on 30 november 1952 at Glen Ridge (USA)

Henry Selick

Henry Selick
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 november 1952 (71 years) at Glen Ridge (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.

Biography

En avril 2012, les studios américains Walt Disney annoncent avoir acquis les droits d'adaptation cinématographique du roman L’Étrange vie de Nobody Owens de Neil Gaiman ; peu après, le nom d'Henry Selick est annoncé pour la réalisation d'un long-métrage.

Best films

Coraline (2009)
(Director)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
(Director)

Usually with

Tim Burton
Tim Burton
(3 films)
Guionne Leroy
Guionne Leroy
(2 films)
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman
(2 films)
Paul Berry
Paul Berry
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Henry Selick (8 films)

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Actor

Waking Sleeping Beauty, 1h26
Directed by Don Hahn
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy E. Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Howard Ashman, Steven Spielberg
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.7419153.7419153.7419153.7419153.741915
The film covers the fall and rebirth of Disney's animation division, the effects the new corporate team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg had on the division, the competition with Don Bluth's animation studio, the pivotal roles of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the CAPS system, the introduction of the home video format, and the new-found success the studio had from 1989-1999.
Moongirl
Moongirl (2005)
, 9minutes
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Henry Selick, Zack Shada
Roles Gargaloons (voice)
Rating61% 3.093293.093293.093293.093293.09329
Leon, a young boy is out fishing at night when the moon goes dark. He is magically transported to the moon, where he meets Moongirl, who he helps try to fix the moon.

Director

Coraline
Coraline (2009)
, 1h40
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, John Hodgman, Ian McShane
Rating77% 3.8523053.8523053.8523053.8523053.852305
Hands made of needles re-make a doll to resemble an 11-year-old Coraline Jones. A little later, Coraline and her family move from Pontiac, Michigan to the Pink Palace Apartments in Bandon, Oregon, which is also occupied by retired actresses Ms. Spink and Forcible, and eccentric Russian acrobat Mr. Bobinsky, who claims to be training a mouse circus. Coraline's parents work for a garden catalog and are often too busy to pay attention to her.
Moongirl
Moongirl (2005)
, 9minutes
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Henry Selick, Zack Shada
Rating61% 3.093293.093293.093293.093293.09329
Leon, a young boy is out fishing at night when the moon goes dark. He is magically transported to the moon, where he meets Moongirl, who he helps try to fix the moon.
Monkeybone
Monkeybone (2001)
, 1h32
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée, Children's films
Actors Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Giancarlo Esposito
Rating48% 2.4030352.4030352.4030352.4030352.403035
Stu Miley is a disillusioned cartoonist whose comic strip features a rascal monkey named Monkeybone. Stu is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. Julie McElroy, who helped him deal with his terrible nightmares by changing his drawing hand. One night, Stu crashes his car after accidentally activating an inflatable Monkeybone raft, causing him to fall into a coma.
James and the Giant Peach, 1h19
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Simon Callow, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes
Rating66% 3.3487453.3487453.3487453.3487453.348745
James Henry Trotter is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in England. On James' birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. However, before that happens, his parents are killed by a ghostly rhinoceros from the sky and James finds himself living with his two neglectful and cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge.
The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1h16
Directed by Tim Burton, Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Patrick Stewart, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix
Rating78% 3.948773.948773.948773.948773.94877
The story starts in a forest called Holiday Woods with seven trees containing doors leading to towns representing various holidays: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and the Fourth of July. Halloween Town is a fantasy world filled with citizens such as deformed monsters, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, vampires, werewolves and witches. Jack Skellington, a skeleton known as The Pumpkin King, leads them in organizing the annual Halloween holiday. However, in a monologue, Jack reveals he has grown weary of the same routine year after year, and wants something more. Wandering dejectedly in the woods, he stumbles across the seven holiday doors and accidentally opens a portal to Christmas Town, whose residents are charged with organizing the annual Christmas holiday. Impressed by the bright and cheery feeling and style of Christmas, Jack presents his findings and his understanding of Christmas, to the Halloween Town residents. However, they fail to grasp his meaning and compare everything to their ideas of Halloween, although there is one Christmas character they can relate to: the fearsome lobster-like king of Christmas Town who flies at night, named "Sandy Claws". Meanwhile, Jack who barely understands Christmas himself, obsessively tries to study the holiday but fails to grasp any further meaning of it. He ultimately decides that since he cannot understand it, he should improve it, and announces that the citizens of Halloween Town will take over Christmas this year.

Scriptwriter

Coraline
Coraline (2009)
, 1h40
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, John Hodgman, Ian McShane
Rating77% 3.8523053.8523053.8523053.8523053.852305
Hands made of needles re-make a doll to resemble an 11-year-old Coraline Jones. A little later, Coraline and her family move from Pontiac, Michigan to the Pink Palace Apartments in Bandon, Oregon, which is also occupied by retired actresses Ms. Spink and Forcible, and eccentric Russian acrobat Mr. Bobinsky, who claims to be training a mouse circus. Coraline's parents work for a garden catalog and are often too busy to pay attention to her.
Return to Oz, 1h53
Directed by Walter Murch
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Witches in film, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Brian Henson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Seán Barrett
Roles Storyboard
Rating66% 3.34983.34983.34983.34983.3498
In October 1899, six months after returning home from the Land of Oz, Dorothy Gale has become melancholic. Her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry take her to Dr. Worley, known for his electrotherapy treatments, and leave her under the care of Nurse Wilson. During a thunderstorm, the lab suffers a blackout and Dorothy is saved by a mysterious girl. They escape with Nurse Wilson in pursuit, and fall into a river. Dorothy clambers aboard a chicken coop, but the other girl appears to have vanished underwater.

Producer

Coraline
Coraline (2009)
, 1h40
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, John Hodgman, Ian McShane
Roles Producer
Rating77% 3.8523053.8523053.8523053.8523053.852305
Hands made of needles re-make a doll to resemble an 11-year-old Coraline Jones. A little later, Coraline and her family move from Pontiac, Michigan to the Pink Palace Apartments in Bandon, Oregon, which is also occupied by retired actresses Ms. Spink and Forcible, and eccentric Russian acrobat Mr. Bobinsky, who claims to be training a mouse circus. Coraline's parents work for a garden catalog and are often too busy to pay attention to her.
Monkeybone
Monkeybone (2001)
, 1h32
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée, Children's films
Actors Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Giancarlo Esposito
Roles Executive Producer
Rating48% 2.4030352.4030352.4030352.4030352.403035
Stu Miley is a disillusioned cartoonist whose comic strip features a rascal monkey named Monkeybone. Stu is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. Julie McElroy, who helped him deal with his terrible nightmares by changing his drawing hand. One night, Stu crashes his car after accidentally activating an inflatable Monkeybone raft, causing him to fall into a coma.
James and the Giant Peach, 1h19
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Simon Callow, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes
Roles Co-Producer
Rating66% 3.3487453.3487453.3487453.3487453.348745
James Henry Trotter is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in England. On James' birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. However, before that happens, his parents are killed by a ghostly rhinoceros from the sky and James finds himself living with his two neglectful and cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge.

Visual effects

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 1h58
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum
Roles Animation
Rating71% 3.5993053.5993053.5993053.5993053.599305
While oceanographer and documentarian Steve Zissou is working on his latest documentary at sea, his best friend Esteban du Plantier is eaten by a creature Zissou describes as a "Jaguar shark." For his next project, Zissou is determined to document the shark's destruction.