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