Tim Burton
Directing • Born 1958-08-25
Biography
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker 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) and Dark Shadows (2012), as well as the television series Wednesday (2022). Burton also directed the superhero films Batman (1989) and 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), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). Burton has often worked with actors Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie (former girlfriend), Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner) and composer Danny Elfman, who scored all but three of Burton's films. Burton also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997 by British publishing house Faber and Faber, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches, and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009. A follow-up to that book, entitled The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things You Think About in a Bar, containing sketches made by Burton on napkins at bars and restaurants he visited, was released in 2015. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards, and wins for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Filmography
72 credits
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
Movie • 2022
self
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie • 1985
Thug in Alley (uncredited)
Men in Black 3
Movie • 2012
Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)
Luau
Movie • 1982
The Supreme Being / Mortie
The Batmobile
Movie • 2012
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Movie • 2012
Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Movie • 2013
Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie • 2001
Himself
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Movie • 1994
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Movie • 2015
Self
A Look Through His Lens
Movie • 2024
Self
Singles
Movie • 1992
Brian
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Movie • 1992
Self
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Movie • 2010
Self
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Movie • 2015
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Movie • 2015
Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Movie • 1993
Zero (voice) (uncredited)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie • 2024
Self
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Movie • 2000
Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie • 2016
Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)
Hoffa
Movie • 1992
Corpse (uncredited)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Movie • 1994
Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Movie • 2004
Self
Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life
Movie • 2012
Himself
Doctor of Doom
Movie • 1979
Don Carlo
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie • 2000
Self
A Century of Cinema
Movie • 1994
Self
The Making of Big Eyes
Movie • 2015
Himself
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Movie • 2012
Self
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Movie • 2010
Self
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Movie • 2010
Himself
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Movie • 2010
Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Movie • 2005
Himself
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Movie • 1990
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Movie • 2008
Self
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Movie • 2004
Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Muppet Movie
Movie • 1979
Additional Muppet Performer
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Backstage at Disney
Movie • 1983
Himself
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Movie • 2020
Self
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Movie • 2011
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Movie • 2021
Self
The Many Faces of Catwoman
Movie • 2005
Self
Houdini: The Untold Story
Movie • 2016
Houdini
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Movie • 2024
Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Movie • 2008
Self
Designing the Burtonesque
Movie • 2024
Himself
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
Movie • 1993
Self - Producer
Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma
Movie • 2025
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Movie • 2024
Self
Ritratti di cinema
Movie • 2025
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie • 2005
Self
Conversations with Vincent
Movie • 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
Evening Urgant
TV • 2012
Self
The Grand Tour
TV • 2016
Self
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
Leçon de Cinéma
TV • 2004
Self
The Culture Show
TV • 2004
Self
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Mostra, Venise
TV • 2022
Self
Pee-wee as Himself
TV • 2025
Self
Wednesday
TV • 2022
Parrot
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Couch by Lena Situations
TV • 2022
Self - Guest