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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 di…
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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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Tim Burton's Filmography
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Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
Ritratti di cinema
as Self
Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma
as Self
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self
Designing the Burtonesque
as Himself
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
as self
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
as Self - Commentator
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
as Self
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
No Poster
Houdini: The Untold Story
as Houdini
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
as Self
The Making of Big Eyes
as Himself
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
as Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
as Himself
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
The Batmobile
as Self
Men in Black 3
as Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
as Self
No Poster
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
as Self
No Poster
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
as Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
as Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
No Poster
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
as Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
as Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
as Self
No Poster
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
as Himself
Becoming Oompa-Loompa
The Many Faces of Catwoman
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Self
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
A Century of Cinema
as Self
Conversations with Vincent
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Zero (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
as Self - Producer
Hoffa
as Corpse (uncredited)
Singles
as Brian
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
as Self
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
as Self
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Backstage at Disney
as Himself
Luau
as The Supreme Being / Mortie
Doctor of Doom
as Don Carlo
The Muppet Movie
as Additional Muppet Performer
