Henry Selick Says It’s ‘Unfair’ Tim Burton Gets Most Of The Attention For ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’
Henry Selick, the visionary stop-motion director behind films like Coraline and the new film Wendell & Wild, spoke about being overlooked as the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas in favor of Tim Burton, who conceived of the film and designed the lead characters but didn’t direct it. Selick was speaking at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, and when Burton was first discussed he joked “I’ve won many a bar bet,” by ensuring people that he indeed directed the spooky Christmas film. The director wasn’t super bitter but admitted it feels “a little unfair” to still have to remind people that ...