Skellington Productions was a company that was a joint venture between Walt Disney Animation Studios and director Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

. The company specialized in stop motion animation and made use of the art in its two films.

The first film produced by Skellington Productions (which gave the company its namesake), The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy 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...

, was released theatrically in 1993

1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...

 under Disney's Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

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 banner to an extremely positive response and box office, becoming a sleeper hit

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. Since 2006, Nightmare has been released by Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures

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 and in Disney Digital 3-D

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 format.

The second and final film, James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach (film)

James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi. The film is a combination of live action and stop-motion animation....

, released to theaters in 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

. It also met with positive reviews but failed to make a suitable profit.