Tim Burton
- Directing
- August 25, 1958 · Burbank, California, USA
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
- Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma · Self
- Pee-wee as Himself · Self
- Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters · Self
- Designing the Burtonesque · Self
- Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version · Story
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice · Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited), Director
- A Look Through His Lens · Self
- Superpowered: The DC Story · Self
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- Beau geste · Self
- Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento · Self
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · Self
- Wednesday · Parrot, Executive producer
- Wednesday · Creator, Director
- Mostra, Venise · Self
- Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale · Self
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- 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, Executive producer
- The Grand Tour · Self
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children · Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited), Director
- Houdini: The Untold Story · Houdini, Director
- 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 · Self
- Film Adventurer Karel Zeman · Self
- Big Eyes · Director, 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 · Self, Director
- Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons · Self
- Frankenweenie · Director, Idea
- 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 · Producer
- Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror · Self
- Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice · Self
- Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter · Self
- Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- Alice in Wonderland · Director
- 9 · Producer
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight · Self
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem · Poem
- Roy, The Toxic Boy · Writer
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd · Self
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Director
- Sicko · Thanks
- El hormiguero · Self
- Cinema16: American Short Films · Director
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate · Self
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds · Self
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors · Self
- Corpse Bride · Director, Producer
- Becoming Oompa-Loompa
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · Director
- The Many Faces of Catwoman · Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- The Culture Show · Self
- Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood · Self
- Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% · Self
- Mario Bava: Operazione paura · Self
- Leçon de Cinéma · Self
- Big Fish · Director
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes · Self
- Planet of the Apes · Director
- Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre · Self
- The World of Stainboy · Writer, Director
- The World of Stainboy · Director, Producer