Tim Burton

Known for DirectingBorn 1958-08-25 (age 67)Burbank, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

The Many Faces of Catwoman

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

Wednesday

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Pee-wee as Himself

A Century of Cinema

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

The Grand Tour

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Making of Edward Scissorhands

Big Fish

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Vincent

Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

The World of Stainboy

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Corpse Bride

Superpowered: The DC Story

Edward Scissorhands

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

Cinema16: American Short Films

Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma

Beetlejuice

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

Ed Wood

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

Sicko

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Amazing Stories

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Beetlejuice

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Evening Urgant

Sleepy Hollow

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

The Making of Big Eyes

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

Frankenweenie