Henry Selick is known for directing what 1996 British-American musical fantasy?
Henry Selick Henry Selick (born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer and writer who is best known for directing "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "James and the Giant Peach" and "Coraline". He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance of Jules Engel.
Thespis (opera) Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, is an operatic extravaganza that was the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. No musical score of "Thespis" was ever published, and most of the music has been lost. Gilbert and Sullivan went on to become the most famous and successful artistic partnership in Victorian England, creating a string of comic opera hits, including "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of Penzance" and "The Mikado", which continue to be popular.