
Tim Burton
4 FOLLOWERS • 56 CREDITS • AUG 25, 1958 • 66
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

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Production Credits

Faerie Tale Theatre

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Batman Returns

James and the Giant Peach

Planet of the Apes

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life

Hansel and Gretel

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Family Dog

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Corpse Bride

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Frankenweenie

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

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Big Fish

Dumbo

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Beetlejuice

Batman Forever

Ed Wood

Frankenweenie

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Cabin Boy

Wednesday

Dark Shadows

Sleepy Hollow

Edward Scissorhands

Mars Attacks!

Amazing Stories

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Alice in Wonderland

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Batman
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