Tim Burton
Known for: Directing
Born: August 24, 1958 in Burbank, California, USA
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honoured with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010. Burton made his directorial debut with the comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). He gained wider prominence for directing Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), as well as producing The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which was based on a poem he wrote. He had directed films spanning a variety of genres such as animation, biopic, drama, fantasy, musical, science fiction, superhero, and supernatural horror; these include Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Ed Wood (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), Big Eyes (2014), Dumbo (2019), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Burton has directed several episodes of the Netflix series Wednesday (2022–present), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. He frequently collaborates with musician Danny Elfman, who has scored all but three of his films. He has also published several books, including The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Men in Black 3
Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
Luau
The Supreme Being / Mortie
The Batmobile
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
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Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
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The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
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A Look Through His Lens
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Singles
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Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
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Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Zero (voice) (uncredited)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
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Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
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Corpse (uncredited)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura
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Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
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