Tim Burton
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.
Acted in
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Beau geste
2023
as Self
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022
as self
Mostra, Venise
2022
as Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
2021
as Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
2015
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
2015
as Self
The Making of Big Eyes
2015
as Himself
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015
as Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
2013
as Self
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
2012
as Himself
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
2012
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
The Batmobile
2012
as Self
Men in Black 3
2012
as Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
2010
as Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
2010
as Himself
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
2010
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
2008
as Self
Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride'
2006
as Himself
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
2005
as Himself
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Becoming Oompa-Loompa
2005
as Himself
The Many Faces of Catwoman
2005
as Self
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Himself
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000
as Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
as Self
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Zero (voice) (uncredited)
Hoffa
1992
as Corpse (uncredited)
Singles
1992
as Brian
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
as Self
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Self
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Backstage at Disney
1983
as Himself
Luau
1982
as The Supreme Being / Mortie
Doctor of Doom
1979
as Don Carlo
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Additional Muppet Performer
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self