
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

Wednesday

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

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Production Credits

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Dumbo

9

Amazing Stories

Frankenweenie

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

James and the Giant Peach

Mars Attacks!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Ed Wood

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

Batman

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dark Shadows

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Alice in Wonderland

Batman Returns

Batman Forever

Sleepy Hollow

Wednesday

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Beetlejuice

Planet of the Apes

Frankenweenie

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cabin Boy

Hansel and Gretel

Edward Scissorhands

Corpse Bride

Big Eyes

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Family Dog

Big Fish

Beetlejuice

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life

Faerie Tale Theatre
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