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Born August 25, 1958 · Burbank, California, USA
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.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024

Dumbo
2019

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Houdini: The Untold Story
2016

Big Eyes
2014

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
2012

Frankenweenie
2012

Dark Shadows
2012

Alice in Wonderland
2010

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007

Cinema16: American Short Films
2006

Corpse Bride
2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005

Big Fish
2003

Planet of the Apes
2001

The World of Stainboy
2000

Sleepy Hollow
1999

Mars Attacks!
1996

Ed Wood
1994

Batman Returns
1992

Edward Scissorhands
1990

Batman
1989

Beetlejuice
1988

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985

Frankenweenie
1984

Hansel and Gretel
1983

Vincent
1982

Luau
1982

Doctor of Doom
1979

Stalk of the Celery Monster
1979

Prehistoric Caveman
1971

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Untitled Tim Burton Animated Film
Beetlejuice 3

Ritratti di cinema
2025

Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma
2025

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024

Designing the Burtonesque
2024

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024

Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
A Look Through His Lens
2024

Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
2021

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Houdini: The Untold Story
2016

Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
2015

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
2015

The Making of Big Eyes
2015

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
2013

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
2012

Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
2012

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012

The Batmobile
2012

Men in Black 3
2012

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010