39 episodes

Behind the scenes stories from the making of Nightmare Before Christmas. Each episode is an in depth interview with a different crew member. Animators, artists, techies, production staff, and more all stop by to tell what it was like making this incredible film.

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    • TV & Film
    • 5.0 • 28 Ratings

Behind the scenes stories from the making of Nightmare Before Christmas. Each episode is an in depth interview with a different crew member. Animators, artists, techies, production staff, and more all stop by to tell what it was like making this incredible film.

    Director of Photography Pete Kozachik

    Director of Photography Pete Kozachik

    He was responsible for the overall look of the film through the lens of a half dozen different camera crews on 20 different sets. Not to mention he basically invented motion control.

    • 22 min
    Editor Stan Webb

    Editor Stan Webb

    The man who put it all together.

    • 45 min
    Character Fabricator Supervisor Bonita De Carlo

    Character Fabricator Supervisor Bonita De Carlo

    Bonita was in charge of getting every single puppet completed and ready for animation - a mind boggling amount of work. She tells us all about it.

    • 41 min
    Effects Animator Gordon Baker

    Effects Animator Gordon Baker

    Ghosts, smoke, fire, stars, snowflakes, and obsolete techniques.

    • 46 min
    Character Fabricator Elise Robertson

    Character Fabricator Elise Robertson

    Sewing, painting, dressing, and bringing every single puppet to life.

    • 46 min
    Skellington Animator Stephen Buckley

    Skellington Animator Stephen Buckley

    Henry Selick, Art Clokey, Peter Jackson, Marilyn Manson, motorcycles, breast feeding, Excederin, Gumby, cotton ball clouds, and of the course the beauty of stop motion animation.

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Jillian Mathews ,

LOVE EVERYTHING JACK & SALLY, Sally in general and Nightmare Before Christmas!

I SO LOVE this podcast! I have a been a fan of Nightmare Before Christmas since I was in 4th grade, Sally is my absolute favorite character in the movie and in general, I love she and Jack’s romantic fairy tale relationship! I love hearing all the production stories and learn more and more new things in the process of making this unique, magical, dark fantasy masterpiece! Can’t wait for more episodes! Would love to hear Danny Elfman and Tim Burton himself be interviewed sometime.

SaulesMeita ,

The Best!

I got so into all the stories on this show that it legit brought on a deep sense of sadness that I wasn’t there to see/participate in the making of TNBC. Plowed through all the episodes before I knew it, and have recommended the podcast far and wide. An unexpected plus: I learned so much about stop motion animation from this show, and felt significantly more prepared making my first animation than I would have without the show. Thanks so much for putting this on. I hope to hear more episodes in the near future.

TheSpoonLicker ,

Thank you Kat and Todd!

For bringing together all the different perspectives and personalities to reminisce about the production. I’m only a handful of episodes in and I’ve already a whole new appreciation for the film. I love being a fly on the wall for these conversations and can’t stop listening.

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