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Henry Selick
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 the late voice actor and artist Joe Ranft. For Coraline, Selick received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Animated Feature.
Charles Henry Selick Jr. was born on November 30, 1952 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson. Selick drew a lot in his childhood. His fascination with animation came at a young age, when he saw Lotte Reiniger's stop-motion film The Adventures of Prince Achmed and the animated creatures of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad by Ray Harryhausen. He graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven High School in 1970.
After studying science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick for a year, he switched to an art major at Syracuse University. Selick enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to study animation, becoming one of the first students to undertake the new Disney character animation program. He also studied experimental animation techniques under the guidance of Jules Engel. His two student films there, Phases and Tube Tales, won awards. He graduated from CalArts in 1977.
Selick worked on commercials,[when?] including working on the stop-motion animation for the Pillsbury Doughboy for some of the Pillsbury commercials.
After his academic studies, he went to work for Walt Disney Studios as an "in-betweener" and animator trainee on such films as Pete's Dragon and The Small One.[citation needed] During his time at Disney, he met and worked around many experienced filmmakers and animators, including Tim Burton. Burton served as producer on Selick's first two films as director, the Disney-produced The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. In 1996, he was set to direct the Disney-produced stop-motion film Toots and the Upside Down House, but was cancelled after the poor box office of James and the Giant Peach.
Selick's third feature was Monkeybone (2001), a live-action/stop-motion adaptation of an underground comic, Dark Town by Kaja Blackley, produced by 20th Century Fox. The film was a commercial and critical failure. Selick later admitted his unhappiness with the final product and has since vowed never to make another live-action film again. Selick, who animated the fictional sea creatures in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, signed on as animation director on Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. In February 2006, Selick left the project, to work on Coraline for Laika. Selick, who kept in contact with Anderson, said the director would act out scenes in Fantastic Mr. Fox while in Paris and send them to the animators via iPhone.
In March 2005, Selick was set to direct the CGI film The Wall And The Wing for Vinton Studios, based on Laura Ruby's novel of the same name. Selick's first feature with Laika, LLC was Coraline, based on the novella Coraline by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and released in 2009. It was the first-ever stereoscopic 3D stop-motion animated film. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Coraline was nominated for Best Animated Feature as an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe.[citation needed]
Selick left Laika in 2009.
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Henry Selick
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 the late voice actor and artist Joe Ranft. For Coraline, Selick received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Animated Feature.
Charles Henry Selick Jr. was born on November 30, 1952 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson. Selick drew a lot in his childhood. His fascination with animation came at a young age, when he saw Lotte Reiniger's stop-motion film The Adventures of Prince Achmed and the animated creatures of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad by Ray Harryhausen. He graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven High School in 1970.
After studying science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick for a year, he switched to an art major at Syracuse University. Selick enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to study animation, becoming one of the first students to undertake the new Disney character animation program. He also studied experimental animation techniques under the guidance of Jules Engel. His two student films there, Phases and Tube Tales, won awards. He graduated from CalArts in 1977.
Selick worked on commercials,[when?] including working on the stop-motion animation for the Pillsbury Doughboy for some of the Pillsbury commercials.
After his academic studies, he went to work for Walt Disney Studios as an "in-betweener" and animator trainee on such films as Pete's Dragon and The Small One.[citation needed] During his time at Disney, he met and worked around many experienced filmmakers and animators, including Tim Burton. Burton served as producer on Selick's first two films as director, the Disney-produced The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. In 1996, he was set to direct the Disney-produced stop-motion film Toots and the Upside Down House, but was cancelled after the poor box office of James and the Giant Peach.
Selick's third feature was Monkeybone (2001), a live-action/stop-motion adaptation of an underground comic, Dark Town by Kaja Blackley, produced by 20th Century Fox. The film was a commercial and critical failure. Selick later admitted his unhappiness with the final product and has since vowed never to make another live-action film again. Selick, who animated the fictional sea creatures in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, signed on as animation director on Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. In February 2006, Selick left the project, to work on Coraline for Laika. Selick, who kept in contact with Anderson, said the director would act out scenes in Fantastic Mr. Fox while in Paris and send them to the animators via iPhone.
In March 2005, Selick was set to direct the CGI film The Wall And The Wing for Vinton Studios, based on Laura Ruby's novel of the same name. Selick's first feature with Laika, LLC was Coraline, based on the novella Coraline by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and released in 2009. It was the first-ever stereoscopic 3D stop-motion animated film. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Coraline was nominated for Best Animated Feature as an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe.[citation needed]
Selick left Laika in 2009.