Henry Selick Quotes


Kids love to be scared; we all do. But there's a difference between leaving them hanging out there, with their fears, and then bringing them safely home. Kids love it when someone like them stands up against real evil, something really horrendous and frightening, and win.


Citations

White, Cindy. "Selick Talks Coraline." IGN, Ziff Davis, 2 Feb. 2009.

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Henry Selick
Henry Selick
  • Born: November 30, 1952
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Director, Producer, Character Designer, Stop Motion Animator, Storyboard Artist

Charles Henry Selick 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. In April 2019, Diego Molano, creator of Victor & Valentino, called Selick one of his "animation idols." Selick is best known for his collaborations with voice actor and artist Joe Ranft.