The Troubled History of The Nightmare Before Christmas

A deep dive into the tedious development history and making of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Where did the idea come from? Why did it take over 10 years to get made? How did it take over 2 years to actually make? Was Tim Burton the director? We’ll explore all of this and more!


PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:

The Making of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Laserdisc)
Special thanks to Dr Catjail Productions for ripping the laserdisc
© The Walt Disney Company

Burton On Burton - © Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion - David A. Bossert - Publisher: Disney Editions © 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

The Film, The Art, The Vision: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Frank Thompson - Publisher: Hyperion New York © The Walt Disney Company

The Art of Tim Burton - Publisher: Steeles Publishing - © 2009 Steeles Publishing

YouTube Sources:

‘Luau’ - Tim Burton & Jerry Rees

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83bJ8UuwOAU

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S11xdIeOZJs

Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk0_gbXcc9Y

Producers VS Animators Volleyball Game - Randy Cartwright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=x51NFT0-e70

The Fox and the Hound Wrap Party 1981 - Randy Cartwright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8onL4lkpsfY

Backstage At Disney Part 3, 1983 - © The Walt Disney Company - Originally Uploaded by The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official, Garrett Gilchrist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KB6bKQqGU&t=1s


ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:

https://www.awn.com/animationworld/conversation-john-musker

https://stopmotionmagazine.com/history-stop-motion-nutshell/

https://mouseplanet.com/the-making-of-tim-burtons-the-nightmare-before-christmas-part-one/6641/

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/tim-burtons-early-disney-days/

https://www.librarypoint.org/blogs/post/stop-motion-history/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20stop%20motion,the%20movements%20of%20circus%20acrobats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stop_motion_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Selick

https://blog.shotdeck.com/new-shots/the-secrets-of-henry-selick/

https://filmschoolrejects.com/how-go-motion-animation-works/

https://dvdizzy.com/henryselick-interview2.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsvOYf_YIw

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-nightmare-before-christmas-behind-the-scenes-screenwriter-caroline-thompson-2020-12

https://www.thedailybeast.com/henry-selick-on-directing-the-nightmare-before-christmas/

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-filming-in-SF-16714266.php

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-nightmare-before-christmas-puppet-fabrication-part-2/

https://www.joelfletcher.com/creative-process/?post=skellington-production-incident

https://theasc.com/articles/nightmare-before-christmas

https://www.stopmotionworks.com/stopmosoftwr.htm

https://cinema.com/people/007/066/henry-selick/

https://the-nightmare-before-christmas.fandom.com/wiki/Behind_The_Scenes

The Holiday Movies That Made Us: The Nightmare Before Christmas © NETFLIX

We Know Jack Show podcast - https://weknowjackshow.libsyn.com

I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary - Chris Zabriskie - https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com

(The rest of the attributions can be found in the video’s end credits, as they were far too long for the description)

Дата на публикация: 27 септември, 2025
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