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Tim Burton

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and for blockbusters such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland, his most recent film, that was the second highest-grossing film of 2010 as well as the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. Among Burton's many collaborators are Johnny Depp, who became a close friend since their film together, musician Danny Elfman (who has composed for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced) and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter. He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009. Burton has directed 14 films as of 2010, and has produced 10 as of 2009. His next films are a film adaptation of soap opera Dark Shadows, which is slated to begin production in January 2011 and a remake of his short Frankenweenie, which will be released on October 5, 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 25, 1958 In Burbank, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
Latest Project:
Movie A Look Through His Lens 2024-01-06
Known For
Poster of Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Poster of Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Poster of The Nightmare Before Christmas
Filmography
Movie A Look Through His Lens Self 2024-01-06
Movie Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale Self 2021-05-05
Movie The Sparks Brothers Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021-06-18
Movie Joker: Put on a Happy Face Self 2020-08-18
Movie Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited) 2016-09-27
Series The Grand Tour Himself 2016-11-17
Movie Film Adventurer Karel Zeman Self 2015-03-31
Movie The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? Self 2015-05-01
Movie Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton 2015-10-30
Movie Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck Self 2013-04-28
Movie Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life Himself 2012-10-14
Movie Men in Black 3 Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited) 2012-05-23
Movie The Batmobile Self 2012-07-16
Movie Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Self 2012-09-29
Movie Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland Himself 2010-06-01
Movie Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter Self 2010-06-01
Movie Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror Self 2010-10-31
Movie Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice Self 2010-06-01
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Himself (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie The Many Faces of Catwoman Self 2005-01-18
Movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Becoming Oompa-Loompa Himself 2005-11-08
Movie Mario Bava: Operazione paura Self 2004-04-30
Movie Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2004-10-19
Movie Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes Himself 2001-12-23
Movie Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend Self 2000-05-23
Movie Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre Self 2000-10-01
Series Twice in a Lifetime Unknown 1999-08-25
Series The Daily Show Himself 1996-07-22
Movie Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos Self 1994-08-16
Movie A Century of Cinema Self 1994-01-01
Movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition Self 1994-11-19
Movie The Nightmare Before Christmas Zero (voice) (uncredited) 1993-10-09
Movie The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin Self 1992-06-14
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Movie Singles Brian 1992-09-18
Movie Hoffa Corpse (uncredited) 1992-12-25
Movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure Thug in Alley (uncredited) 1985-07-26
Movie Backstage at Disney Himself 1983-01-01
Movie Luau The Supreme Being / Mortie 1982-04-03
Movie The Muppet Movie Additional Muppet Performer 1979-06-22
Movie Doctor of Doom Don Carlo 1979-07-10
Series The Oscars Tim Burton 1953-03-19