Tim Burton

Tim Burton: Biography in Details

Who is Tim Burton?

Tim Burton is an American filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator.

Tim Burton is also known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy style films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and Ed Wood (1994).

Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012) are other films.

Likely, Tim Burton is also well known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), the superhero films Batman (1989), and its first sequel, Batman Returns (1992).

He also appeared in 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 film Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Tim Burton: Age, Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity

Tim Burton was born in Burbank, California, the United States on August 25, 1958. His birth name is Timothy Walter Burton and his current age is 62 years.

His parents are his father, Bill Burton, and his mother, Jean Burton. Tim’s mother was the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, while his father, a former minor league baseball player, worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department.

A prodigious child, Tim Burton took to filmmaking in his pre-teen years. He often indulged in shooting short films using crude stop motion animation techniques. His oldest surviving film is The Island of Doctor Agnor, which was made when he was 13.

Tim Burton has a sibling namely, Daniel Burton. Tim is of American nationality and Mixed (English- Scottish- German-Dutch- French- Norwegian- Swedish- Croatian) ethnicity. His birth sign is Virgo.

Education, School/ College University

Talking about Tim’s education history, he attained his preliminary education at Burbank High School. Then, he enrolled at the California Institute of Arts to take up a course in character animation.

It was while studying there that he made films like, ‘Stalk of the Celery Monster and ‘King and Octopus’. He graduated from the institute in 1979.

Tim Burton: Professional Life, Career

Talking about his profession, he started his career by working as an apprentice animator at Walt Disney Studios. Additionally, he followed this by coming up with his first live-action production ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

In the year 1984, Tim Burton released his next live-action short film, ‘Frankenweenie’. The year also marked his last term of service with Disney.

The success of his first two short films led him to direct the cinematic sequel of his popular character Pee-wee Herman. The film was titled, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’. It also witnessed the very first collaboration of him and songwriter Danny Elfman which propelled for years.

In fact, ‘Batman’ became one of the biggest box office hits of all time. Banking on the success league, he started the 1990 decade with the successful film, ‘Edward Scissorhands’.

Likewise, Tim Burton followed the super-successful ‘Batman film by coming up with its sequel ‘Batman Returns’ in 1992.

More on his career

However, it garnered the same positive response from both the audience and the critics. In the year 1993, he penned and produced the film, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, an animated musical.

In 1994, Tim Burton came up with two more films, ‘Cabin Boy’ and ‘Ed Wood’.  The only saving grace was the critics’ appreciation of ‘Ed Wood’. In the year 1994, he started producing the next film of the Batman franchise, titled ‘Batman Forever.

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