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Tim Burton

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Known For

66 Years Old

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), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). 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

Burbank, California, USA on 25th August 1958

All Credits

The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Image
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Grand Tour Image
The Grand Tour
Self
Beau geste Image
Beau geste
Self
Leçon de Cinéma Image
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
El hormiguero Image
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
The Culture Show Image
The Culture Show
Self
Evening Urgant Image
Evening Urgant
Self
Pee-wee as Himself Image
Pee-wee as Himself
Self
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Image
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
The Nightmare Before Christmas Image
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Zero (voice) (uncredited)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Image
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us Image
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
Mostra, Venise Image
Mostra, Venise
Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest
Men in Black 3 Image
Men in Black 3
Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
100 Years of Warner Bros. Image
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
The Muppet Movie Image
The Muppet Movie
Additional Muppet Performer
Singles Image
Singles
Brian
Pee-wee's Big Adventure Image
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes Image
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Himself
The Sparks Brothers Image
The Sparks Brothers
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hoffa Image
Hoffa
Corpse (uncredited)
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Image
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty Image
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival Image
Heart of the Festival
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale Image
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos Image
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Self
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre Image
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
Self (archive footage)
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman Image
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Self
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons Image
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Self
The Making of Edward Scissorhands Image
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend Image
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton Image
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd Image
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck Image
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? Image
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Self
A Century of Cinema Image
A Century of Cinema
Self
Joker: Put on a Happy Face Image
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters Image
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self
No Image
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Self
The Batmobile Image
The Batmobile
Self
Doctor of Doom Image
Doctor of Doom
Don Carlo
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life Image
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Himself
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault Image
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood Image
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura Image
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
The Making of Big Eyes Image
The Making of Big Eyes
Himself
No Image
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Himself
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Image
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% Image
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Self
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror Image
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland Image
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Himself
No Image
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Self
Luau Image
Luau
The Supreme Being / Mortie
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition Image
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Self
The Many Faces of Catwoman Image
The Many Faces of Catwoman
Self
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Image
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
Self - Producer
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. Image
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Self
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin Image
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Image
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
A Look Through His Lens Image
A Look Through His Lens
Self
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre Image
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Self
Backstage at Disney Image
Backstage at Disney
Himself
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento Image
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
self
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Image
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Designing the Burtonesque Image
Designing the Burtonesque
Himself
Houdini: The Untold Story Image
Houdini: The Untold Story
Houdini