The Spark Cast

S05E02: Henry Selick — Scaring Not Scarring


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Henry Selick's artistic talents were noted at an early

age but he shied away from the attention, turning instead to
another creative outlet: music. While in college studying
math and science, he rediscovered his love for art and
eventually found himself at CalArts.

Unable to keep up with the ferocious pace at

Hanna-Barbera, Henry went knocking on Disney's door, a
relationship that eventually led him to direct the
ground-breaking The Nightmare Before Christmas.

We spoke with Henry about his inspiration and early

passion for art, his penchant for the macabre, the evolution
of stop-motion and his latest film Wendell &
Wild.

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  • Host: Marina Antunes
    Opening & Closing Credits by: Michael Edlund
    Produced & Edited by: Joshua Peterman
    ©2023 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved.

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    TERABYTE: Creative BC.

    MEGABYTE: Animal Logic · Capilano University.

    KILOBYTE: Atomic Cartoons · BRON · DNEG · Image Engine · Industrial Light & Magic · Mainframe Studios.

    BYTE: CMPA BC · Digi BC · Scanline VFX · The Little Dev Shop · Vancouver Film School.

    PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH.

    ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.

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