Portrait of Henry Selick

Directing

Henry Selick

Career

Active from 1975 to 2022, with a break from 2010 to 2021, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Henry Selick Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Crime
    0.7, average 3.6
  • Class & Capitalism
    0.9, average 3.3
  • Politics
    0.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    16
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    The Ocean at the End of the Lane
    The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    Screenplay, Director

    2020s

    1 title ยท average score 69
    Wendell & Wild
    Wendell & Wild (2022)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Book, Director

    2000s

    5 titles ยท average score 62
    Coraline
    Coraline (2009)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Screenplay, Director

    Moongirl
    Moongirl (2005)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Gargaloons (voice)

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
    GoodWatch score 67

    Animation

    Monkeybone
    Monkeybone (2001)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Director, Executive Producer

    Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest
    Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest (2001)

    Thanks

    1990s

    3 titles ยท average score 76
    James and the Giant Peach
    James and the Giant Peach (1996)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Co-Producer, Director

    The Nightmare Before Christmas
    The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
    GoodWatch score 85

    Director

    Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions
    Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions (1991)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Director, Writer

    1980s

    4 titles ยท average score 59
    Return to Oz
    Return to Oz (1985)
    GoodWatch score 55

    Storyboard

    The Ewok Adventure
    The Ewok Adventure (1984)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Animation

    Twice Upon a Time
    Twice Upon a Time (1983)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Sequence Supervisor, Animation Director

    Seepage
    Seepage (1982)

    Director, Animation

    1970s

    2 titles
    Phases
    Phases (1977)

    Director, Animation

    Tube Tales
    Tube Tales (1975)

    Animation, Writer