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Henry Selick
Director 73 years old

Henry Selick

Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 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... Read full bio →

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Coraline

Coraline

Henry Selick 2009 1h 40m 8.1

An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Monkeybone

Monkeybone

Henry Selick 2001 1h 33m 5.3

A cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back. Will his new fiancee be able to save him in time?

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Henry Selick 1996 1h 19m 6.8

James' happy life at the English seaside is rudely ended when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and he goes to live with his two horrid aunts. Daringly saving the life of a spider he comes into possession of magic boiled crocodile tongues, after which an enormous peach starts to grow in the garden.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Henry Selick 1993 1h 16m 8.6

Can Christmas be saved? Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere!

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