Henry Selick Winsor McCay Award Recipient 2020

The Winsor McCay Award, named for the most influential of character animation pioneers, was the first Annie Award established by ASIFA-Hollywood and is awarded to a maximum of three individuals annually in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in direction, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical expertise, music, education, or for other endeavors which exhibit an outstanding devotion to and promotion of excellence in the art of animation.

HENRY SELICK
Decades before directing the modern classic The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Henry Selick was fascinated by stop motion animation. An artist since he was old enough to hold a crayon, he was influenced as a young man by the stop-frame work created by Lotte Reiniger and Ray Harryhausen. After studying science in college, Henry turned his sights toward animation as a profession. While a student at California Institute of the Arts he made two student films, which were both nominated for Student Academy Awards. His professional career began as an in-betweener at the Walt Disney Studios, graduating to the role of animator on the 1981 feature The Fox and the Hound. It was there he first met Tim Burton, with whom he has shared a long professional collaboration. After a stint directing animated commercials (including those featuring the Pillsbury Doughboy) and working as a sequence director on the 1983 feature Twice Upon a Time, Henry reunited with Tim for The Nightmare Before Christmas. He followed that landmark film with James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), and Coraline (2009). In between those films Henry worked on Wes nderson’s live action feature The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and the following year directed the computer-animated short Moongirl for LAIKA. He is presently working as writer, producer, and director on the stop-motion feature Wendell and Wild, with Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, scheduled for release in 2021.

[SkinnyEMedia]

Glad to see him get this coveted award. Shame he hasn't got any big work since CORALINE. Hopefully he's keeping his craft, family, and career afloat. He's made some of my favourite films ever growing up especially JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. *tears* *tears*

[nightmareking]

Love your work Henry! Please bring back the shadow king that looked like it was going to be amazing also please don't tell me the little nightmares series is cancelled I was really looking forward to it

[jaceofheartstheprinceofbed]

Wow - 2:21 is a clip from The Shadow King! Character is Andrea Blasich

[danielaurista]

Jorge and Henry, my favorite peeps!:D

[isobel]

Say who’s gonna get the Windsor McKay award next year? My top candidates are - 1. Joe Murray. 2. Mac groaning . 3 . Tom Rueger. Other than that what are the other options?