Question: Paul Terry starred as James in the 1996 film adaptation of "James and the Giant Peach", which is based off of a 1961 novel by which author?
Context: James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel  written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl.  The original first edition published by Alfred Knopf featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.  There have been reillustrated versions of it over the years, done by Michael Simeon for the first British edition, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.  It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996. M5 Industries (M5i) is a special effects company located in San Francisco, California, best known as the working lab of the TV series "MythBusters".  M5 once produced special effects props for commercials and film, stop motion animation, and animatronic puppets, such as those seen in "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas".  They also extend into prototype development and various display projects. The Aesop's Fables are a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist Paul Terry.  Terry came upon the inspiration for the series by young actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook, who suggested making a series of cartoons based on "Aesop's Fables".  Although Terry later claimed he had never heard of Aesop, he felt that Estabrook's idea was something worthwhile.  Terry immediately began to set up a new studio called "Fables Studios, Inc." and received backing from the Keith-Albee Theatre circuit. Corpse Bride is a 2005 British-American stop-motion-animated musical fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel.  The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe.  Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the titular bride.  "Corpse Bride" is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach", were directed by Henry Selick).  This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros.  Pictures.  It was dedicated to executive producer Joe Ranft, who died during production. Karey Kirkpatrick (born December 14, 1964) is an American screenwriter and director.  His films include "James and the Giant Peach", "Chicken Run", "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Charlotte's Web" and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" adaptation, along with contributions to the "Smurfs" films.  He has also directed the films "Imagine That" starring Eddie Murphy as well as "Over the Hedge".  Kirkpatrick wrote the English-language screenplay for U.S. release of "The Secret World of Arrietty", in 2012 and "From Up on Poppy Hill", in 2013.  His brother is American songwriter and musician Wayne Kirkpatrick, with whom he wrote the 2015 musical "Something Rotten! ". Solaris (Russian: Солярис ) is a two-part 1968 Russian television film in black-and-white based on the 1961 novel "Solaris" by Stanisław Lem.  It was the first film adaptation of the novel. David Thewlis (born David Wheeler; born 20 March 1963) is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author.  His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin in the "Harry Potter" film series.  Other notable performances include the films "Naked" (for which he won the Best Actor award at Cannes Film Festival), "Dragonheart", "Kingdom of Heaven", "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas", "The Theory of Everything", "Black Beauty", "Macbeth" (as King Duncan) and "Wonder Woman".  He has also done voice work in the films "James and the Giant Peach" (1996), "The Miracle Maker" (2000), and "Anomalisa" (2015).  Thewlis has combined major motion picture work with prominent television roles, including playing Cyrus Crabb in the television miniseries "Dinotopia" and antagonist V.M. Varga in the third season of "Fargo." James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 British-American 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, directed by Henry Selick, and starred Paul Terry as James.  The film is a combination of live action and stop-motion animation.  Co-stars Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James's aunts in the live-action segments, and Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, David Thewlis, and Margoyles voiced his insect friends in the animation sequences. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television.  Their works include "", "Dogfight", "Edges", "Dear Evan Hansen", and "James and the Giant Peach".  Their original songs have been featured on NBC's "Smash", and in the film "La La Land", for which they won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "City of Stars". Paul Christopher James Terry (born 7 November 1985) is an English former child actor.  He is best known internationally for starring as James in the 1996 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach".  He also starred in the four seasons of the children's sitcom "Microsoap" (1998–2000).
Answer: Roald Dahl