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GO BEHIND THE SCENES: Features never-before-seen images, insights, and more from the beloved Disney classic. Also contains interviews from the hardworking cast and crew, including creator Tim Burton, director Henry Selick, composer Danny Elfman, and more!
About the author
Dana Jennings Jelter is an Emmy award-winning producer, writer, and puppet maker who has spent much of her career working in the entertainment industry. After graduating from Fairfield University with a degree in Communication and Media Studies, she weaved her way through various positions within companies including Nickelodeon, Lucasfilm, Disney, and even a small traveling theater based in the heart of Florence, Italy. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, Dana grew up with an interest in storytelling and creating unique characters — a passion that continues through her work today. She is the author of a self-published collection of short stories, Love in the Slow Lane, and co-writer of the video game Opossum Country. Dana currently resides in Vermont, where she is an artist in residence at Generator Makerspace in Burlington. She is currently working on a new book featuring sculpted illustrations.
Director Henry Selick is best known as the director of iconic stop-motion Disney classics
The Nightmare Before Christmas and
James and the Giant Peach; Coraline - which he directed, wrote, and co-produced for LAIKA; and his most recent feature,
Wendell & Wild, directing, co-writing, and co-producing for Netflix Animation. Selick likes to say his fantastical, scary, funny films are intended for "brave children of all ages" and believes that stop-motion animation, the oldest of all animation techniques, is the most magical and timeless.
