Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 25, 1958
Place of Birth
Burbank, California, USA
Credits
129 titles
Tim Burton
Biography
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honoured with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010. Burton made his directorial debut with the comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). He gained wider prominence for directing Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), as well as producing The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which was based on a poem he wrote. He had directed films spanning a variety of genres such as animation, biopic, drama, fantasy, musical, science fiction, superhero, and supernatural horror; these include Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Ed Wood (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), Big Eyes (2014), Dumbo (2019), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Burton has directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday (2022–present), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. He frequently collaborates with musician Danny Elfman, who has scored all but three of his films. He has also published several books, including The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
Ritratti di cinema
Self
"Couch" by Lena Situations
Self - Guest
Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma
Self
Pee-wee as Himself
Self
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self
Designing the Burtonesque
Himself
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version
Story
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
A Look Through His Lens
Self
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
Beau geste
Self
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
self
Wednesday
Parrot
Mostra, Venise
Self
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
Dumbo
Director
The Grand Tour
Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
Houdini: The Untold Story
Houdini
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Producer
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Self
The Making of Big Eyes
Himself
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Self
Big Eyes
Producer
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Producer
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Himself
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Self
Frankenweenie
Director
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
The Batmobile
Self
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Producer
Men in Black 3
Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
Dark Shadows
Director
Evening Urgant
Self
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Self
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Self
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
Director
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Producer