Henry Selick

January 4, 2024
Director

Quick Facts

Henry Selick
Full Name Henry Selick
Occupation Director
Date Of Birth Nov 30, 1952(1952-11-30)
Age 72
Birthplace Glen Ridge
Country United States
Birth City New Jersey
Horoscope Scorpio

Henry Selick Biography

Name Henry Selick
Birthday Nov 30
Birth Year 1952
Place Of Birth Glen Ridge
Home Town New Jersey
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio
Parents Charles Selick, Melanie Selick
Spouse Alexandra Glay , Heather Selick
Children(s) George Selick, Harry Selick

Henry Selick is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on November 30, 1952 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Director of stop motion films such as James and the Giant Peach and Coraline.

In his film Coraline, he featured the voice of Dakota Fnning.

Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson. Selick did little but draw from ages 3 to 12. His fascination with animation came at a young age, when he saw Lotte Reiniger’s stop-motion movie 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.

Selick made his feature-directing debut in 1993 on Burton’s production The Nightmare Before Christmas — the first full-length, stop-motion feature from a major American studio. While the film was a moderate success at the box office, it received critical acclaim and eventually achieved status as a cult classic. Nightmare was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and won the International Animated Film Society’s Annie Award for Best Creative Supervision, beating out The Lion King.

He married Heather Selick.

Henry Selick Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Director
House Living in own house.

Henry Selick is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Henry Selick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts.

Together with He worked on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou along with Wes Anderson., he worked on The Life Aquatic.

Charles Henry Selick (/ˈ s ɛ l ɪ k / ; born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer, and writer who is best known for directing the stop-motion animation films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Coraline (2009), and his upcoming stop-motion film Wendell and Wild (2021) with Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance of Jules Engel.

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Who is Henry Selick Dating?

According to our records, Henry Selick married to Alexandra Glay , Heather Selick. As of December 1, 2023, Henry Selick’s is not dating anyone.

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Selick’s first feature with LAIKA was Coraline, based on the novel Coraline by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, and released in 2009. It was the first stereoscopic stop-motion animated movie. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Coraline was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe, all for Best Animated Feature.

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Henry Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Henry Selick celebrates birthday on November 30 of every year.

On 28 April 2012, it was announced that Disney had optioned the rights for Neil Gaiman’s novel The Graveyard Book. Later that same day, it was announced that Selick would direct the film after work was completed on ShadeMaker. It is currently unknown if the adaptation will be live action or stop motion. After the studio and Selick parted ways over scheduling and development, it was announced in January 2013 that Ron Howard will direct the film.

Why did Henry Selick direct The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Henry directed The Nightmare Before Christmas and co-founded the production company, Skellington Productions, with Tim Burton. According to him, Burton came to Henry asking if he’d direct the film because of being nervous on the set , to which he agreed, and began production in 1990.

Why did Henry Selick leave Laika?

CORALINE director Henry Selick has departed Laika after unsuccessfully renegotiating his contract , which expired at the end of last month. However, the stop-motion legend will continue to work with the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio and Focus Features in promoting CORALINE through the awards season.

Did Tim Burton have a part in Coraline?

Despite those similarities, Tim Burton actually had nothing whatsoever to do with Coraline’s production , which was in fact directed by Henry Selick. The misconception persists today, however, so why do many people think Coraline is a Tim Burton movie?

Was Coraline made off stop-motion?

Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA’s feature-length debut based on the popular children’s novel by British author Neil Gaiman.

Why does Tim Burton get credit for Nightmare Before Christmas?

Although Tim Burton laid the framework for the plot and designed some characters through his poem, Henry Selick is the one who fleshed out the story and did the work on the film. It was his direction that made it what it is, and he deserves the credit for it.

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