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Birth
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Burton, and Bill Burton. -
Childhood Film Making
Burton would make short films in his backyard when he was a child using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound. One of his oldest known films is The Island of Doctor Agor, that he made when he was 13 years old. -
California Institute of the Arts
Burton attended the California Institute of the Arts to study character animation. -
Stalk of the Celery Monster
Stalk of the Celery Monster is the short animated film that Tim Burton made while at Caliifornia Institue of the Arts. This is the film that attracted Disney's attention and led to their offer of apprenticeship at their studio. -
fFirst short film for Disney
While at Disney in 1982, Burton made his first short film, Vincent, based on a poem written by the filmmaker, and depicting a young boy who fantasizes that he is his hero Vincent Price. -
Married Lena Gieseke,
Tim Burton married German painter Lena Gieseke. This is the only woman he has been married too. -
Batman
My favourite Tim Burton movie is Batman. It could be argued that this is the least "Burtonesque" movie the director has made. Without it, his career might have been very different. -
Divorced Lena Gieseke
In December of 1991 Tim divorced Lena. Burton met her when he was in London for the production of his "Batman" film. After the release of "Batman Returns," their relationship crumbled and they got a divorce. -
Helena Bonham Carter
Tim Burton began a relationship with Helena Bonham Carter whom he met while filming Planet of the Apes. -
It's a Boy!
Tim Burton had their first child with Helana, who they named Billy Raymond, after his and Bonham Carter's fathers. -
It's a Girl!
Their daughter Nell was born in 2007. -
Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burtons top grossing film was Alice in Wonderland. It grossed $1,024,299,904 worldwide. -
Frankenweenie
Burton remade his 1984 short film Frankenweenie as a feature-length stop motion film. He said, "The film is based on a memory that I had when I was growing up and with my relationship with a dog that I had.
