Tim Burton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tim Burton
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 25, 1958(1958-08-25)
Age	66
Birthplace	Burbank
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

Tim Burton Biography

Tim Burton is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California, United States. Director, producer, animator, and artist known for his highly stylized gothic- fantasy films. His best-known features include Batman, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

He and Johnny Depp worked together on many movies across several decades, including Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American director, producer, artist, writer, 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), Dark Shadows (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012). He is also known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), the superhero films Batman (1989) and its sequel, 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), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010), and the film adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

Stalk of the Celery Monster attracted the attention of Walt Disney Productions’ animation division, which offered Burton an animator’s apprenticeship at the studio. He worked as an animator, storyboard artist, graphic designer, art director and concept artist on films such as The Fox and the Hound (1981), Tron (1982), and The Black Cauldron (1985). His concept art never made it into the finished films.

He married German artist Lena Gieseke on February 22, 1989, but left her for model and actress Lisa Marie, whom he met while filming Ed Wood and Mars Attacks! He had two children named Billy and Nell with English actress Helena Bonham Carter, whom he was in a relationship with from 2001 to 2014.

Tim Burton Net Worth

Tim Burton is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tim Burton 's net worth $100 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He would make silent stop motion films in his backyard on 8mm film as a kid. He made the short animated film The Island of Doctor Agor when he was 13.

He wrote and illustrated a poetry book entitled The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories in 1997.

Burton was born in 1958, in Burbank, California, the son of Jean Burton (née Erickson), later the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, and William “Bill” Burton, a former minor league baseball player who was working for the Burbank Parks and Recreation Department. As a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound (one of his oldest known juvenile films is The Island of Doctor Agor, which he made when he was 13 years old). Burton attended Providencia Elementary School in Burbank. Burton went to Burbank High School, but he was not a particularly good student. He played on the water polo team at Burbank High. Burton was an introspective person and found pleasure in painting, drawing and watching movies. His future work would be heavily influenced by the works of such childhood heroes as Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl. After graduating from Burbank High School, Burton attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, to study character animation. As a student at CalArts, Burton made the shorts Stalk of the Celery Monster and King and Octopus.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tim Burton height 5 feet 11 inches Tim weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Tim Burton Dating?

According to our records, Tim Burton married to Lena Gieseke. As of December 1, 2023, Tim Burton’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1990, Burton co-wrote (with Caroline Thompson) and directed Edward Scissorhands, re-uniting with Winona Ryder from Beetlejuice. His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series 21 Jump Street, was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor (played by Vincent Price in one of his last screen appearances). Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely death of his creator. Set in suburbia (and shot in Lakeland, Florida), the film is largely seen as Burton’s autobiography of his childhood in Burbank. Burton’s idea for the character of Edward Scissorhands came from a drawing he created in high school. Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury’s book, Burton on Burton, regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film. Edward Scissorhands is considered one of Burton’s best movies by some critics. Burton has stated that this is his most personable and meaningful film because it’s a representation of him not being able to communicate effectively with others as a teenager.

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After the success of Batman, Burton agreed to direct the sequel for Warner Bros. on the condition that he would be granted total control. The result was Batman Returns, which featured Michael Keaton returning as Batman, and a new triad of villains: Danny DeVito (as the Penguin), Michelle Pfeiffer (as Catwoman) and Christopher Walken (as Max Shreck, an evil corporate tycoon and original character created for the film). Darker and considerably more personal than its predecessor, concerns were raised that the film was too scary for children. Audiences were more uncomfortable at the film’s overt sexuality, personified by the sleek, fetish-inspired styling of Catwoman’s costume. Burton made many changes to the Penguin which would subsequently be applied to the character in both comics and television. While in the comics, he was an ordinary man, Burton created a freak of nature resembling a penguin with webbed, flipper-like fingers, a hooked, beak-like nose, and a penguin- like body (resulting in a rotund, obese man). Released in 1992, Batman Returns grossed $282.8 million worldwide, making it a financial success, though not to the extent of its predecessor.

Does Tim Burton like Johnny Depp?

Burton doesn’t cast Depp as his friend , but because he possesses distinctive physical and creative attributes that complement Tim Burton’s directing sensibilities. The pair have remained close over the last 30 years, offering each other a great level of creative freedom without ever infringing on the other’s work.

What is Tim Burton's style called?

Tim Burton is a filmmaker with a style so unique that we’ve come to regard his works — and those who replicate them — as Burtonesque. And we see the Burtonesque in every facet of his films: writing, lighting, music, characters and of course, production design.

What is Tim Burton's most successful movie?

Beetlejuice (1988) – $74 million It seems that Beetlejuice will forever be one of the best movies Burton ever made. Upon its release, it was a critical and commercial success (on a budget of $15 million, it grossed $74 million) proving that Burton is a truly worthy director.

What was the last movie Tim Burton made?

Burton last directed the 2019 American fantasy period adventure film, ‘ Dumbo.

Why is Johnny Depp not in fantastic beast 3?

Though Depp had only filmed one scene for Fantastic Beasts 3, the studio allegedly had to pay out an “eight-figure salary” to the actor, due to his so- called pay-or-play contract.