# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-selick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:44:09.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-selick"
name: "Henry Selick"
slug: "henry-selick"
description: "Charles Henry Selick Jr. is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his work in stop-motion animation and for directing the films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Selick is also known for his collaborations with voice actor and artist Joe Ranft. For Coraline, Selick received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Animated Feature."
tagline: "American filmmaker (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Selick_2009_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3233972206436949
  historical:           21.919388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0783139"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump