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.

Known For

The Daily Show

Wednesday

El hormiguero

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Grand Tour

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

All Movies (57)

• Ritratti di cinema2025 · as Self
• Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma2025 · as Self
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters2024 · as Self
• Designing the Burtonesque2024 · as Himself
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024 · as Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
• Tim Burton: Life in the Line2024 · as Self
• A Look Through His Lens2024 · as Self
• Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento2022 · as self
• Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale2021 · as Self
• Joker: Put on a Happy Face2020 · as Self
• AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.2020 · as (archive footage)
• The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault2020 · as (archive footage)
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children2016 · as Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
• Houdini: The Untold Story2016 · as Houdini
• Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton2015
• The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?2015 · as Self
• The Making of Big Eyes2015 · as Himself
• Film Adventurer Karel Zeman2015 · as Self
• Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck2013 · as Self
• Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life2012 · as Himself
• Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons2012 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan2012 · as Self
• The Batmobile2012 · as Self
• Men in Black 32012 · as Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
• A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton2011
• Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror2010 · as Self
• Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice2010 · as Self
• Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter2010 · as Self
• Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland2010 · as Himself
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight2008 · as Self
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd2008 · as Self
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds2005 · as Himself
• The Many Faces of Catwoman2005 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005 · as Self
• Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%2004 · as Self
• Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mario Bava: Operazione paura2004 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Self
• Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre2000 · as Self
• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend2000 · as Self
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition1994 · as Self
• Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos1994 · as Self
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994 · as Self
• A Century of Cinema1994 · as Self
• Conversations with Vincent1994
• The Nightmare Before Christmas1993 · as Zero (voice) (uncredited)
• The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'1993 · as Self - Producer
• Hoffa1992 · as Corpse (uncredited)
• Singles1992 · as Brian
• Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin1992 · as Self
• The Making of Edward Scissorhands1990 · as Self
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985 · as Thug in Alley (uncredited)
• Backstage at Disney1983 · as Himself
• Luau1982 · as The Supreme Being / Mortie
• Doctor of Doom1979 · as Don Carlo
• The Muppet Movie1979 · as Additional Muppet Performer

All TV Shows (15)

• "Couch" by Lena Situations2025 · as Self - Guest
• Pee-wee as Himself2025 · as Self
• Superpowered: The DC Story2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• Wednesday2022 · as Parrot
• Mostra, Venise2022 · as Self
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Grand Tour2016 · as Self
• Evening Urgant2012 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992