Tim Burton
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)
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.
Born
Aug 25, 1958
Burbank, California, USA
Known For
Directing
Movies
57 acting
82 crew
Popularity
2.8
Known For
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
Men in Black 3
2012
as Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Zero (voice) (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Additional Muppet Performer
Singles
1992
as Brian
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Hoffa
1992
as Corpse (uncredited)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
2015
as Self
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