Tim Burton

Tim Burton
Burton in 2012
Born
Timothy Walter Burton

(1958-08-25) August 25, 1958 (age 65)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • animator
Years active1971[1]–present
Notable workFull list
Spouse
Lena Gieseke
(m. 1987; div. 1991)
Partner(s)Lisa Marie (1993–2001)
Helena Bonham Carter (2001–2014)
Monica Bellucci (2023–present)
Children2
Websitetimburton.com
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Timothy Walter Burton[a] (born August 25, 1958) is an American director, producer, writer, and animator. Known for pioneering goth culture in the American film industry, Burton is famous for his gothic horror and fantasy films. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and was given the Order of the Arts and Letters by Culture Minister of France in 2010.

Burton made his directorial film debut with the comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and gained prominence for Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990). Burton also directed the superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), the animated films Corpse Bride (2005) and Frankenweenie (2012), the science fiction films Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001), the supernatural horror film Sleepy Hollow (1999), the fantasy-dramas Big Fish (2003), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012), and Dumbo (2019), and the musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and the biographical dramas Ed Wood (1994) and Big Eyes (2014). Starting in 2022 Burton has directed several episodes for Netflix series Wednesday, for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Burton has frequently collaborated with Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner), Catherine O’Hara, Eva Green and Christopher Lee as well with composer Danny Elfman, who scored all but three of Burton's films. Burton has released several books including The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997).

  1. ^ "Tim Burton's early movies (1971–1986)". The Tim Burton Collective. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  2. ^ Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) web appearance for a 2009 exhibition on Tim Burton's art work.
  3. ^ Magliozzi, Ronald S.; He, Jenny (2009). Tim Burton. The Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 9780870707605.
  4. ^ "Biography". The Tim Burton Collective. December 15, 2003. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008.


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