Tim Burton

Birthday: Aug 25, 1958
Birthplace: Burbank, California, USA
Biography:
His early film career was fueled by almost unbelievable good luck, but it's his talent and originality that have kept him at the top of the Hollywood tree. Tim Burton began drawing at an early age, going on to attend the California Institute of the Arts, studying animation after being awarded a fellowship from Disney, for whom he went on to work. Although he found that the mainstream Disney films he worked on (The Fox and the Hound (1981)) were far removed from his own sensibility, Disney let hi...
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m have the freedom to work on his own personal projects, the six-minute animated black-and-white Gothic Vincent Price tribute Vincent (1982), and the 27-minute live-action Frankenweenie (1984), which was judged unsuitable for children and never released. However, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman) saw it and decided that Burton, still only in his mid-twenties, would be the ideal person to direct his feature debut, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). An enormous (and surprise) box-office hit, it led to the supernatural comedy Beetle Juice (1988), which in turn led to Burton being entrusted with the reins on the hugely expensive Batman (1989). Although his least personal film, it was one of the most successful films of all time, and gave him unprecedented power in Hollywood considering the originality and adventurousness of his work thus far. Edward Scissorhands (1990), another hit, saw him at the peak of his creative powers and established a fruitful working relationship with actor Johnny Depp. Batman Returns (1992) was a far darker and quirkier film than the original, a reflection of how much creative freedom Burton had won (though Warner Bros were reputedly unhappy with the final result). And although Ed Wood (1994), his loving tribute to the life and work of the legendary Worst Director of All Time, Edward D. Wood Jr., was a box-office disaster, it garnered some of the best reviews of Burton's career, and suggests that he'll continue dazzling audiences for many years to come.
Filmography
- Dark Shadows (2010)
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- 9 (2009)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (2008)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (2005)
- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Big Fish (2003)
- Mike's New Car (2002)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- The World of Stainboy (2000)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Batman Forever (1995)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Frankenweenie (1992)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Batman (1989)
- Beetle Juice (Beetlejuice) (1988)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Vincent (1982)
- Hansel and Gretel (1982)
- Luau (1982)
- Stalk of the Celery (Stalk of the Celery Monster) (1979)
- Doctor of Doom (1979)
- The Island of Doctor Agor (1971)
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- Tiffany Mikkelson at 10:21pm on October 31st, 2009
- i love tim burton's movies and i love how he has johnny depp in quite a few of them. the two of them make an awesome team.
- Ilgın Candan Esmer at 9:10am on October 20th, 2009
- i love him and his movies! <3
- Melissa Marqua at 8:30pm on October 3rd, 2009
- love ur movies
- Kiran Kumar at 1:21pm on September 18th, 2009
- One of my favorite director.
- Nick Bemrose at 6:37pm on August 13th, 2009
- Love your work! I can't wait for all your new movies! Keep it up!!!!!!!!!
- Michael Witte at 9:43am on July 9th, 2009
- WOO FRANKENWEENIE
- Oliver Zombiekanin Malmros at 5:03pm on March 31st, 2009
- You can't hate Tim Burton's movies. It's just impossible. It's against the laws of nature. The Nightmare before Christmas is NOT crap, it's one of the best movies he's ever made. EXCELLENT! I'm looking forward to see Alice in Wonderland!
- Brett Langston Rowland at 1:08pm on March 4th, 2009
- I hate almost all of his movies. His earlier stuff like Beetlejuice, Batman, and scissorhands were good then he went to crap in a hand basket starting with Nightmare b4 Christmas. Me and my boy walked out on that one, it was just too much.
- Kshiraj Telang at 6:39am on December 30th, 2008
- Such a great storyteller really!
- Jake Riding at 11:04am on October 11th, 2008
- he's a fucking genius
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