Timothy Walter Burton\u00a0(born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering\u00a0goth subculture\u00a0in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends\u00a0gothic horror\u00a0and\u00a0dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including one\u00a0Emmy Award\u00a0and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, and three\u00a0BAFTA Awards. He was honoured with the\u00a0Venice International Film Festival’s\u00a0Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France’s\u00a0Order of Arts and Letters\u00a0in 2010.<\/p>\n
Burton made his\u00a0directorial debut\u00a0with the comedy film\u00a0Pee-wee’s Big Adventure\u00a0(1985). He gained wider prominence for directing\u00a0Beetlejuice (1988) and\u00a0Edward Scissorhands\u00a0(1990), as well as producing\u00a0The 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\u00a0Batman (1989),\u00a0Batman Returns\u00a0(1992),\u00a0Ed Wood\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Mars Attacks!\u00a0(1996),\u00a0Sleepy Hollow\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Planet of the Apes\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Big Fish\u00a0(2003),\u00a0Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Corpse Bride\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Alice in Wonderland\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Dark Shadows\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Frankenweenie\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Big Eyes\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Dumbo (2019), and\u00a0Beetlejuice Beetlejuice\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n
Burton has directed several episodes of the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0series\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0(2022\u2013present), for which he was nominated for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. He frequently collaborates with musician\u00a0Danny Elfman, who has scored all but three of his films. He has also published several books, including\u00a0The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories\u00a0(1997).<\/p>\n
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Timothy Walter Burton\u00a0(born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering\u00a0goth subculture\u00a0in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends\u00a0gothic horror\u00a0and\u00a0dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including one\u00a0Emmy Award\u00a0and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, and three\u00a0BAFTA Awards. He was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26458","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n