Henry Selick

About The Author

Director Henry Selick is best known as the director of iconic stop-motion Disney classics The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach; Coraline - which he directed, wrote, and co-produced for LAIKA; and his most recent feature, Wendell & Wild, directing, co-writing, and co-producing for Netflix Animation. Selick likes to say his fantastical, scary, funny films are intended for "brave children of all ages" and believes that stop-motion animation, the oldest of all animation techniques, is the most magical and timeless.

Books by Henry Selick

Disney Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas

The Ultimate Visual History

By Dana Jennings Jelter
Foreword by Henry Selick
What’s this?! Why, a tour through the story of Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, featuring behind-the-scenes details about stop-motion animation, concept art, removable inserts, and more, of course!

Go behind the scenes of Tim Burton’s The ...
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