Timothy Walter “Tim” Burton (1958 – present)
American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator.
He is known for dark, gothic and quirky fantasy films, which have become his signature. He has also made animated musicals, biopics, horror fantasies, adventure comedies, superhero films, science fiction and adaptations of classic English literature.
Burton has often cast certain actors in multiple directing projects. This includes Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Danny DeVito, Conchata Ferrell, Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Michael Keaton, Martin Landau, Christopher Lee, Lisa Marie, Catherine O’Hara, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alan Rickman, Deep Roy, Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Timothy Spall and Christopher Walken.
Burton also often works with certain crew members in multiple directing projects. This includes composer Danny Elfman, screenwriters Caroline Thompson, John August, and Seth Grahame-Smith, producers Denise Di Novi, Allison Abbate, and Richard D. Zanuck, costume designer Colleen Atwood, production designers Bo Welch, Alex McDowell, andRick Heinrichs, cinematographers Philippe Rousselot and Dariusz Wolski, and editor/executive producer Chris Lebenzon.
Films of Note: 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), Dark Shadows (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Planet of the Apes (2001), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
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