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Tim Burton
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn August 25, 1958 (67 years)
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.
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.
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Tim Burton Filmography
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| 2022 | Wednesday (TV Series) |
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| 2000 | Stainboy (TV Series) |
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| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) |
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| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) |
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| 2024 | |
| 2022 | Wednesday (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Dumbo · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | Stainboy (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Lost in Oz · as Executive Producer |
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| 1994 | A Visit with Vincent · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | Family Dog (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Beetlejuice (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 |
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice · as Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Wednesday (TV Series) · as Parrot |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children · as Passenger On An Attraction (uncredited) |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Alien On Tv Monitors (uncredited) |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas · as Zero (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Hoffa · as Corpse (uncredited) |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1990 | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands · as The Director |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure · as Thug In Alley (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Doctor of Doom · as Don Carlo |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie · as Additional Muppet Performer |
| 2025 | Tim Burton: un monstre de cinéma · as Self |
| 2025 | Pee-Wee as Himself (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters · as Self |
| 2023 | Superpowered: The DC Story (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Beau Geste (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | 80th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2022 | Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre · as Self |
| 2022 | 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · as Self - Commentator |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers · as Self |
| 2021 | Johnny Depp: King of Cult · as Self |
| 2020 | Joker: Put on A Happy Face · as Self |
| 2020 | Animation Outlaws · as Self |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Hollywood's Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Beetlejuice |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Grand Tour (2016) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Making of Big Eyes · as Himself |
| 2015 | Film Adventurer Karel Zeman · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life · as Himself |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Batmobile · as Self |
| 2012 | Comic Con 2012 Live · as Self |
| 2012 | Urgant Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan · as Self |
| 2010 | Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Scream Awards 2008 · as Self |
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| 2007 | DP/30: Conversations About Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Scream Awards 2007 · as Self |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero · as Self |
| 2006 | The 78th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2005 | 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Venecia 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero · as Self |
| 2005 | Becoming Oompa-Loompa · as Self |
| 2005 | 100 Greatest Cartoons · as Self |
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| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | At the Movies (2004) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2004 | Mario Bava: Operazione paura · as Self |
| 2002 | Silenci? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros · as Himself |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Short circuit (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Planet of the Apes' · as Self - Director |
| 2000 | Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre · as Self |
| 2000 | Exposure (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Whoever That Fails (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1994 | La 2 Noticias (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Cartelera (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The Movie Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Making of Edward Scissorhands · as Self |
| 1989 | ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Self - Director |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2000 | Stainboy (TV Series) |
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| 2021 | Cadillac: How Do You Drive with Scissorhands? · as Characters Created By |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie · as Idea |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride · as Characters |
| 2000 | The World of Stainboy · as Character Designer |
| 2000 | Lost in Oz · as Story |
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas · as Characters |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands · as Story |
| 1989 | Beetlejuice (TV Series) · as Developed By |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Animation |
| 1983 | Hansel and Gretel · as Production Design |
| 1983 | Hansel and Gretel · as Idea |
| 1982 | Vincent · as Production Design |