Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1958-08-25 (Age: 68)
Place of Birth
Burbank, California, USA
Tim Burton
Biography
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.
Filmography (57)
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
2024A 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
2016Houdini: The Untold Story
2016
