Tim Burton
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Biography
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Dark Shadows (2012), as well as the television series Wednesday (2022). Burton also directed the superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
Burton has often worked with actors Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie (former girlfriend), Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner) and composer Danny Elfman, who scored all but three of Burton's films. Burton also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997 by British publishing house Faber and Faber, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches, and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009. A follow-up to that book, entitled The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things You Think About in a Bar, containing sketches made by Burton on napkins at bars and restaurants he visited, was released in 2015. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards, and wins for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Known For
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Daily Show
El hormiguero
100 Years of Warner Bros.
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
The Grand Tour
Men in Black 3
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Movies That Made Us
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Production Credits
Dark Shadows
Frankenweenie
Hansel and Gretel
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Cabin Boy
Ed Wood
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Planet of the Apes
Batman
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Amazing Stories
Faerie Tale Theatre
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Alice in Wonderland
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Batman Returns
Mars Attacks!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
9
Family Dog
Frankenweenie
Beetlejuice
Wednesday
Dumbo
Batman Forever
Edward Scissorhands
Sleepy Hollow
James and the Giant Peach
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Big Fish
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