
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 |