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
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
100 Years of Warner Bros.
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
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Production Credits
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Alice in Wonderland
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hansel and Gretel
Sleepy Hollow
Wednesday
Family Dog
Beetlejuice
Big Fish
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ed Wood
Batman
Corpse Bride
Frankenweenie
9
James and the Giant Peach
Edward Scissorhands
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Frankenweenie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Amazing Stories
Dumbo
Planet of the Apes
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Cabin Boy
Batman Forever
Batman Returns
Mars Attacks!
Faerie Tale Theatre
Dark Shadows
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