Henry Selick

As a very young boy, Henry Selick used to sit in his New Jersey kitchen and tell his mother, Melanie, about his Other Life with his Other Family in Africa while drawing pictures of animals. She claims that the tales were so richly detailed she sometimes believed they were true. He drew all the time – pictures of eagles, horses, lions, dragons and, later, Jaguar XKE sports cars. He loved unusual and scary animation, like the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence from… (plus)