The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Ha
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Catherine O'Hara (2005)
Composer Danny Elfman
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Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker, and former animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and
The Nightmare Before Christmas
…Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory. The Nightmare Before Christmas originated from a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the critical success of Vincent that same year, Burton began to consider…
Burton in 2024
Burton (right) and Pedro Almodóvar at the premiere of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Madrid, in 2007
Burton speaking about 9 at Comic-Con, 2009