Brian Selznick

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1966 age 0

   Born

2. 2011 age 45

   CreditHugo

• CNCharles Newirth1 title
• JLJohn Logan1 title
• HSHoward Shore1 title
• BKBen Kingsley1 title
• RGRichard Griffiths1 title
• CLChristopher Lee1 title
• FTFrances de la Tour1 title
• ABAngus Barnett1 title
• JDJohnny Depp1 title
• HMHelen McCrory1 title

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• It's funny, I grew up in a happy family with loving parents, but I've killed off a lot of parents in these books. The orphan in children's literature, allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family, every intelligent child thinks: 'How did I come to be born to these parents?' – it is about finding your place in the world.

  Brian Selznick, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I don’t really feel like the gender of character is what causes someone to identify with them. It’s the situation they’re in, it’s the way they deal with danger, the way that they deal with fears. And so I feel like it’s a slightly larger question in terms of what makes us identify with someone.

  Brian Selznick, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I could never imagine a movie being made from the way I had structured the book, it still feels miraculous that we made it this way without compromising the story, but everything has felt miraculous since I got that first phone call saying Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie out of 'Hugo.' I recognize how lucky I am.

  Brian Selznick, CC BY-SA 4.0