Witch character puppet, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Made:
1993 in San Francisco and California
maker:
The Walt Disney Company
Witch character puppet from the 1993 Disney stop-motion

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Witch character puppet from the 1993 Disney stop-motion
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Witch character puppet from the 1993 Disney stop-motion animation film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick and animated by Paul Berry. Released in 1993 it was made by Touchstones Pictures, Skellington Productions Inc, Tim Burton Productions and Walt Disney Pictures in the Skellington Productions studio, San Fransisco.

This witch appears in the film but is not a principal character.

The Nightmare before Christmas is a Tim Burton creation, developed out of a poem he wrote while working at Disney. It is set in the fictional town of Halloweentown where the pumpkin king Jack Skellington discovers Christmastown and gets swept up in the bright colours and warm spirit of the festive season.

The film was praised for its animation when it came out. Although it was only a modest box office hit, it has become somewhat of a cult film. Its beautiful, gothic and creepy style is a fine example of animation and storytelling.

The Nightmare before Christmas directors Tim Burton and Henry Selick had been impressed with Paul Berry’s work on The Sandman, a creepy, dark short horror version of "Der Sandmann", written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Paul Berry is credited as one of the principal animators on The Nightmare before Christmas.

Details

Category:
Creative Industries
Object Number:
Y2012.21.3
Measurements:
Overall: 320 mm x 220 mm x 420 mm, .62 kg
type:
puppet