Tim Burton
Biography
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.
Acting (48 movies)
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Men in Black 3
2012
Luau
1982
The Batmobile
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
2013
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
2015
Singles
1992
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
2015
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Hoffa
1992
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
2012
Doctor of Doom
1979
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
A Century of Cinema
1994
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
2012
The Making of Big Eyes
2015
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
The Muppet Movie
1979
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
Backstage at Disney
1983
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
2021
The Many Faces of Catwoman
2005
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
Designing the Burtonesque
2024
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
1993
Tim Burton : Un monstre de cinéma
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
Directing (32 movies)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Mars Attacks!
1996
Batman
1989
Batman Returns
1992
Ed Wood
1994
Big Fish
2003
Beetlejuice
1988
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Planet of the Apes
2001
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Corpse Bride
2005
Vincent
1982
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Frankenweenie
1984
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
Dark Shadows
2012
Frankenweenie
2012
Luau
1982
The World of Stainboy
2000
Hansel and Gretel
1983
Big Eyes
2014
Doctor of Doom
1979
Stalk of the Celery Monster
1979
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Dumbo
2019
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
2012
Prehistoric Caveman
1971
Houdini: The Untold Story
2016
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Stalk of the Celery Monster | 1979 | Producer |
| Stalk of the Celery Monster | 1979 | Writer |
| Doctor of Doom | 1979 | Writer |
| Luau | 1982 | Producer |
| Luau | 1982 | Writer |
| Vincent | 1982 | Screenplay |
| Vincent | 1982 | Writer |
| Frankenweenie | 1984 | Writer |
| Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Producer |
| Batman Returns | 1992 | Producer |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Producer |
| Cabin Boy | 1994 | Producer |
| Ed Wood | 1994 | Producer |
| Batman Forever | 1995 | Producer |
| James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Producer |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Producer |
| The World of Stainboy | 2000 | Producer |
| The World of Stainboy | 2000 | Writer |
| Corpse Bride | 2005 | Producer |
| Roy, The Toxic Boy | 2008 | Writer |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem | 2008 | Writer |
| 9 | 2009 | Producer |
| A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton | 2011 | Producer |
| Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | 2012 | Producer |
| Frankenweenie | 2012 | Producer |
| Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers | 2013 | Producer |
| Big Eyes | 2014 | Producer |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 2016 | Producer |
| Dumbo | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | 2024 | Producer |