Tim Burton

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	Directing
Most Rating	3.3381
Birthday	1958-08-25
Place of Birth	Burbank, California, USA
Also Known As	提姆‧波頓, تیم برتون, Timothy Walter Burton, Timothy Burton,

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Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Men in Black 3

Luau

The Batmobile

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

Waking Sleeping Beauty

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

A Look Through His Lens

Singles

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

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

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Hoffa

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life

Doctor of Doom

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

A Century of Cinema

The Making of Big Eyes

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons

Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice

Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

The Making of Edward Scissorhands

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

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

The Muppet Movie

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

Backstage at Disney

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

The Many Faces of Catwoman

Houdini: The Untold Story

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Designing the Burtonesque

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma

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