David A. Bossert is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, and author. He worked at The Walt Disney Company for more than thirty-two years and is now an independent producer, creative director, and writer. Bossert contributed his talents to The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Fantasia/2000, Destino and many others. He is a member of the CalArts Board of Trustees and is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) in Pittsburgh. Bossert is an authority on Disney animation history and has written numerous articles, liner notes, and concert program notes related to animation. He co-authored Disney Animated, which was named iPad App of 2013 by Apple and won a prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award. Learn more at www.davidbossert.com.
Dave Bossert has created a wonderful book to commemorate Tim
Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, more than thirty years on.
He masterfully blends interviews with Tim Burton, Danny Elman, and
myself along with many of the talented artists who worked on the
film into a very nuanced and personal picture of how the movie
actually came together, was made, and went from a cult favorite to
a holiday classic. It's a remarkable book about a remarkable,
one-of-a-kind renegade project that has stood the test of time.
—Henry Selick, Director, Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas
"Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas has become a
cult-film favorite for fans of Tim Burton, Halloween, Santa, and
Disney . . . now Dave Bossert gives us the must-have bible about
the history and making of this legendary animated classic."
—Don Hahn, Producer/Director
"Dave Bossert's research is impeccable, his text is an easy read,
and the selection of illustrations is stimulating from start to
finish. This is the book I always wanted to own about a movie that
has haunted me ever since its release."
—Didier Ghez, Author of the book series They Drew
As They Pleased—The Hidden Art of Disney
"What a pleasure it is to be transported back in time by author
Dave Bossert and given this fascinating, hands-on ride through the
making of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. With
meticulous attention to detail combined with an incredible amount
of research, Bossert's passion for our little movie shines brightly
as he adroitly shares our creation story with the reader. It is a
joy, and an honor, to see this beautifully-documented and
insightful book, as it reveals the commitment of our close-knit
crew to elevating the art of stop-motion and crafting the timeless
story of Sally and Jack."
—Eric Leighton, Animation Supervisor, Tim
Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
"I love it when Dave Bossert writes about all things Disney. As
Danny Elfman's agent and a hardcore Disney geek, I was around from
the earliest moments of the creation of Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas, yet for all I heard and saw and thought
I knew, I am stupefied at how much deeper Bossert digs and
unearths. Nightmare is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. So glad
the story of its birth has gotten the full Bossert treatment."
—Richard Kraft, Co-owner/Kraft-Engel Managemen
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