The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 American stop motion musical fantasy children's horror film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to "Christmas Town". Danny Elfman wrote the film score and provided the singing voice of Jack, as well as other minor characters. The remaining principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page and Glenn Shadix. The Nightmare Before Christmas... began with a poem written by Tim Burton when he was a Disney animator in the early 1980s. With the success of Vincent in 1982, Disney started to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, Burton and Disney made a development deal. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco. Walt Disney Pictures decided to release the film under their Touchstone Pictures banner because the tone was rather dark for children.
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| Release date: | October 9, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Henry Selick |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 76 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi, Don Hahn |
| Editor: | Stan Webb |
| Music by: | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography: | Pete Kozachik |
| Screenplay by: | Caroline Thompson |
| Estimated budget: | $18,000,000 |
| Genre: | Animation, Fantasy, Musical |