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born
in Burbank, California -
Post secondary education
California institute of the arts majoring in animation -
Vincent
He released an award winning short film called Vincent in honor of his childhood idol (roger corman) -
Frankinweenie
He released his version of the Frankenstein story called ”frankenweenie” -
Pee- wee's big adventure
released a short film” pee-wee’s big adventure” which was commissioned by Paul Reuben. This film opened up many opportunities -
Beetle juice
released beetle juice (starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis) is known to this day as one of the most iconic Tim Burton film. It was recognized for its mixed themes of horror and fantasy. -
Batman
Burton directed the batman production, cast including jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Tim Burton. This film became the first to sell $100 million in the first 10 days of release. -
Edward scissorhands
released yet another iconic film” Edward scissor hands -
Batman returns
he worked with Keaton again for the creation of the batman sequel:” batman returns” -
Nightmare before Christmas
he produced the animated musical “Tim Burton’s nightmare before Christmas” which became a critical and commercial success and a reason for praising his animation skills -
Ed wood
Burton released a film called “Ed wood” staring Johnny Depp as the main character but that film did not appeal to a large audience. -
Batman forever
produced” batman forever” -
James and the giant peach
released an animated feature” James and the giant peach” which flopped despite the stars in the cast -
Legend of sleepy hollows
he directed a freely adapted version of” the legend of sleepy hollow”, a haunting tale by Washington Irving -
Planet of the apes
created a remake of’’ the planet of the apes” -
Big fish
released the fantasy drama” big fish” which earned four golden globe nominations -
The corpse bride
released a remake of” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” staring Johnny Depp. And also released an animation feature called” the corpse bride” which received an Oscar for best animated feature film -
Sweeney Todd
directed the film adaption of the musical” Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of fleet street” which helped reunite Burton with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham carter. All of them got great praise for their work on the film along with several golden globe nominations. -
Alice in wonderland
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham carter and Burton reunited again for Burton's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in wonderland. Johnny Depp playing mad hatter and Helena playing red queen -
Dark shadows
created a film adaptation of the tv series” dark shadows”. he also animated the film frankenweenie -
Big eyes
directed the bio topic” big eyes” about the life of Margaret keane -
Miss peregrine’s home for particular children
directed the eerie” miss peregrine’s home for particular children”
