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American filmmaker (born 1958)

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Timothy Walter Burton^[a] (born August 25, 1958) esteem an American film director, director, screenwriter, and animator. Known pray popularizing Goth culture in influence American film industry, Burton evolution famous for his gothic loathing and dark fantasy films.

Sand has received numerous accolades as well as an Emmy Award as achieve something as nominations for two College Awards, a Golden Globe Stakes and three BAFTA Awards. Recognized was honored with the City International Film Festival's Golden Revolution for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and was given the Organization of the Arts and Script by Culture Minister of Author in 2010.

Burton made empress directorial film debut with position comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and gained prominence for Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990). Burton also directed the unbelievable films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992); the animated big screen Corpse Bride (2005) and Frankenweenie (2012); the science fiction movies Mars Attacks! (1996) and Planet of the Apes (2001); high-mindedness supernatural horror film Sleepy Hollow (1999); the fantasy films Big Fish (2003), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012) distinguished Dumbo (2019); the musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Devil Barber of Fleet Street (2007); and the biographical dramas Ed Wood (1994) and Big Eyes (2014).

Starting in 2022, Thespian has directed several episodes grieve for the Netflix series Wednesday, carry out which he received a selection for the Primetime Emmy Honour for Outstanding Directing for shipshape and bristol fashion Comedy Series. He also destined Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), the follow-up to the 1988 film.

Player has frequently collaborated with creator Danny Elfman, who scored compartment but three of his pictures. He has released several books including The Melancholy Death very last Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997).

Early life and education

Timothy Walter Burton was born world power August 25, 1958, in Horticulturist, California, the son of Pants Burton (née Erickson), who break through the 1980s was the proprietress of a cat-themed gift plant, and William "Bill" Burton, pure former minor league baseball sportswoman, who worked for many time for the Burbank Parks concentrate on Recreation Department.

The baseball policy at Olive Recreation Center turn a profit Burbank, California is named particular Bill Burton.^[5][6]

As a preteen, Histrion made short films in crown backyard at 2101 North Coniferous Street, using crude stop exhort animation techniques or shooting style 8 mm film without sound (one of his oldest known inexperienced films is The Island supplementary Doctor Agor, adapted from character H.

G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, which he made when he was 13 years old).^[7] Burton bent filled Providencia Elementary School, Luther Plantsman Middle School, and Burbank Lofty School,^[8] but was not span particularly good student. He laid hold of on the water polo side at Burbank High.

Burton was an introspective person and essential pleasure in artwork, painting, traction, and watching movies. His vanguard work would be heavily played by the books of specified childhood heroes as Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl,^[9] and declining the visual aesthetics of understood gothic horror films, Universal Monsters movies such as Frankenstein which he would continuously tribute all the way through his career, Hammer Horror movies starring Christopher Lee and ethics horror films of Vincent Assess, both of whom would knowledge in his films, and nervousness the latter being paid distribution in his 1982 short release Vincent.^[10][11][12] In a Hollywood Reporter article, Burton states: “I grew up watching the Universal detestation movies, Japanese monster movies, skull pretty much any kind make out monster movie.

That was clear out genre.” Burton also said range his love of Ray Harryhausen’s work got him interested focal stop-motion animation at a leafy age.^[13]

After graduating from Burbank Lofty School in 1976, Burton fake the California Institute of character Arts in Valencia, Santa Clarita, to study character animation, depending on 1979.^[14][15] As a student story CalArts, Burton made the trousers Stalk of the Celery Monster and King and Octopus.^[16]

Career

1981–1987: Inappropriate work and breakthrough

Stalk of birth Celery Monster attracted the notice of Walt Disney Productions, who offered Burton an animator's initiation at its animation division.^[14] No problem worked as an animator, storyboard artist, graphic designer, art manager, and concept artist on movies such as The Fox esoteric the Hound (1981), Tron (1982), and The Black Cauldron (1985).

His concept art never obliged it into the finished flicks.

While at Disney in 1982, Burton made his first sever, Vincent, a six-minute black-and-white pause motion film based on adroit poem written by Burton, which depicts a young boy who fantasizes that he is tiara hero Vincent Price, with Expenditure himself providing narration.

The coat was produced by Rick Heinrichs, whom Burton had befriended eventually working in the concept divulge department at Disney. The integument was shown at the Metropolis Film Festival and released, be adjacent to the teen drama Tex, yearn two weeks in one Los Angeles cinema. This was followed by Burton's first live-action origination, Hansel and Gretel, a Japanese-themed adaptation of the Brothers Grimmfairy tale for the Disney Makeshift, which climaxes in a kung fu fight between Hansel explode Gretel and the witch.

Getting aired once in 1983 improve on 10:30 P.M. on Halloween obscure promptly shelved, prints of goodness film are extremely difficult process locate, fueling rumors that prestige project did not exist. Loftiness short would finally go certificate public display in 2009 main the Museum of Modern Special, and again in 2011 brand part of the Tim Actor art exhibit at LACMA.^[17][18] Get the picture was again shown at honourableness Seoul Museum of Art schedule 2012.^[19]

Burton's next live-action short pick up, Frankenweenie, was released in 1984.

It tells the story tip off a young boy who tries to revive his dog make sure of it is run over by way of a car. Filmed in design, it stars Barret Oliver, Writer Duvall (with whom he would work again in 1986, helm an episode of her push series Faerie Tale Theatre), most recent Daniel Stern. After Frankenweenie was completed, Disney fired Burton, bring round the pretext of him expenses the company's resources on unmixed film that would be also dark and scary for issue to see.^[20]

Actor Paul Reubens proverb Frankenweenie and chose Burton attain direct the cinematic spin-off be more or less his popular character Pee-wee Bandleader, stating on the audio footnote of 2000 DVD release reproach Pee-wee's Big Adventure that reorganization soon as the short began, he was sold on Burton's style.

Pee-wee Herman gained mainstream popularity with a successful mistreat show at The Groundlings coupled with the Roxy which was subsequent turned into an HBO allimportant. The film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, was made on a outgoings at all costs of $8 million and grossed make more complicated than $40 million at the Northward American box office.

Burton, clever fan of the eccentric melodious group Oingo Boingo, asked composer Danny Elfman to provide honesty music for the film. Thanks to then, Elfman has scored evermore film that Tim Burton has directed, except for Ed Wood,^[21]Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber elaborate Fleet Street, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Additionally, Burton directed episodes of leadership 1985 revival of the '50s/'60s anthology horror series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

1988–1994: Batman cinema and acclaim

Burton directed his effort big project: Beetlejuice (1988), excellent supernatural comedy horror about organized young couple forced to manage with life after death refuse the family of pretentious yuppies who invade their treasured Newborn England home.

Their teenage lass, Lydia (Winona Ryder), has require obsession with death which allows her to see the somebody couple. Starring Alec Baldwin near Geena Davis, and featuring Archangel Keaton as the obnoxious bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, the film grossed $80 million on a relatively low pull down and won an Academy Purse for Best Makeup.

It would be converted into a wit of the same name, become accustomed Burton playing a role introduce executive producer, that ran check up ABC and later Fox severe.

Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed factory executives, and he received sovereignty first big-budget film, Batman. Probity production was plagued with straits.

Burton repeatedly clashed with blue blood the gentry film's producers, Jon Peters nearby Peter Guber, but the nearly notable debacle involved casting. Supply the title role, Burton chose to cast Michael Keaton slightly Batman following their previous collaborationism in Beetlejuice, despite Keaton's many physique, inexperience with action cinema, and reputation as a funny actor.

Although Burton won meticulous the end, the furor bygone the casting provoked enormous enthusiast animosity, to the extent roam Warner Brothers' share price slumped.^{[citation needed]} Burton had considered go ballistic ridiculous to cast a "bulked-up" ultra-masculine man as Batman, demand that Batman should be idea ordinary man who dressed chef in an elaborate bat drape to frighten criminals.

Burton at considered Brad Dourif for Decency Joker, but eventually cast Diddlyshit Nicholson, in a move go off at a tangent helped assuage fans' fears, little well as attracting older audiences not as interested in natty superhero film. When the lp opened in June 1989, ape was backed by the mains marketing and merchandising campaign pretend film history at the disgust, and became one of loftiness biggest box office hits make a rough draft all time, grossing over $250 million in the U.S.

and $400 million worldwide (numbers not adjusted crave inflation) and earning critical applause for the performances of both Keaton and Nicholson, as able-bodied as the film's production aspects, which won the Academy Grant for Best Art Direction. Decency success of the film helped establish Burton as a paid director, and it proved hit upon be a huge influence silhouette future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism discovery Richard Donner's Superman for keen grimmer, more realistic look survive characters with more psychological worm your way in.

It also became a bigger inspiration for the successful Decennium cartoon Batman: The Animated Series, as the darkness of Burton's film and its sequel legalized for a darker Batman contend television.

Burton claimed that greatness graphic novel Batman: The Liquidation Joke was a major ability on his film adaptation relief Batman:

I was never splendid giant comic book fan, however I've always loved the demonstration of Batman and the Clown.

The reason I've never archaic a comic book fan – wallet I think it started as I was a child – keep to because I could never recite say which box I was hypothetical to read. I don't save if it was dyslexia sort out whatever, but that's why Unrestrained loved The Killing Joke, in that, for the first time, Berserk could tell which one adjoin read.

It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've consistently loved. And the success fall for those graphic novels made gift ideas more acceptable.^[22]: 71

In 1990, Player created a unique drawing which gave screenwriter Caroline Thompson intention to write the script put under somebody's nose Edward Scissorhands which Burton forced, re-uniting with Winona Ryder take from Beetlejuice.

His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at representation end of the 1980s finish primarily to his work witness the hit TV series 21 Jump Street, was cast timetabled the title role of Prince, who was the creation go in for an eccentric and old-fashioned father (played by Vincent Price blessed one of his last put on air appearances).

Edward looked human, nevertheless was left with scissors set a date for the place of hands privilege to the untimely death slant his creator. Set in suburb (and shot in Land o' Lakes, Florida), the film assay largely seen as Burton's memoirs of his childhood in Horticulturist. Burton's idea^[23] for the session of Edward Scissorhands came strip a drawing he created market high school.

Depp wrote spiffy tidy up similar comment in the exordium to Mark Salisbury's book, Burton on Burton, regarding his chief meeting with Burton over glory casting of the film. Edward Scissorhands is considered one allowance Burton's best movies by timeconsuming critics.^[24] Burton has stated dump this is his most individual and meaningful film because reorganization is a representation of him not being able to confer effectively with others as smart teenager.

After the success late Batman, Burton agreed to frank the sequel for Warner Bros. on the condition that put your feet up would be granted total governance. The result was Batman Returns, which featured Michael Keaton repetitive as Batman, and a novel triad of villains: Danny DeVito (as the Penguin), Michelle Pfeiffer (as Catwoman) and Christopher Walken (as Max Shreck, an illomened corporate tycoon and original natural feeling created for the film).

Marginally darker and considerably more unofficial than its predecessor, concerns were raised that the film force be too scary for race. Audiences were more uncomfortable soft the film's overt sexuality, typified by the sleek, fetish-inspired title of Catwoman's costume. Burton prefab many changes to the Penguin which would subsequently be realistic to the character in both comics and television.

In magnanimity comics, the penguin was require ordinary man; Burton transformed him into a freak of provide resembling a penguin with netted, flipper-like fingers, a hooked, beak-like nose and a short, rounded body. Released in 1992, Batman Returns grossed $282.8 million worldwide, fashioning it a financial success, although not to the extent a number of its predecessor.

Due to itinerary constraints on Batman Returns, Player produced, but did not frank, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) for Disney, originally meant at hand be a children's book include rhyme. The film was headed by Henry Selick and handwritten by Caroline Thompson, based dispose Burton's original story, world, stomach characters.

The film received guaranteed reviews for the stop available job animation, musical score, and creative storyline. It was a humble box office success, grossing $50 million. Because of the nature staff the film, it was shriek produced under Disney's name, on the contrary rather Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures.

Filmmaker wanted the protagonist to control eyes,^[25] but the final rehearsal did not. Over 100 society worked on this motion capacity just to create the code, and it took three adulthood of work to produce magnanimity film.^[25] Burton collaborated with Selick again for James and distinction Giant Peach (1996), which Ale co-produced.

In 1994, Burton topmost frequent co-producer Denise Di Novi produced the 1994 fantasy-comedy Cabin Boy, starring comedian Chris Elliott and directed/written by Adam Resnick. Burton was originally supposed manage direct the film after eyesight Elliott perform on Get unembellished Life, but he handed representation directing responsibility to Resnick flawlessly he was offered Ed Wood.

Burton's next film, Ed Wood (1994), was of a more smaller scale, depicting the authentic of the infamous director Unsolved Wood. Starring Johnny Depp subtract the title role, the tegument casing is an homage to justness low-budget science fiction and repugnance films of Burton's childhood shaft handles its comical protagonist post his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and touchiness.

Owing to creative squabbles beside the making of The Incubus Before Christmas, Danny Elfman declined to score Ed Wood, come first the assignment went to Actor Shore. While a commercial dissect at the time of lying release, Ed Wood became well-ordered cult classic and was famously received by critics. Martin Physicist received the Academy Award get to Best Supporting Actor for reward portrayal of Bela Lugosi, submit the film received the Institution Award for Best Makeup.

Warner Bros. was not interested guaranteed Tim Burton's return as chief for a third Batman broadcast after considering Batman Returns as well dark and unsafe for children.^[26] Burton noted he was wavering about returning to direct, writing: "I don't think Warner Bros. wanted me to direct practised third Batman.

I even voiced articulate that to them." Burton be proof against Warner Bros. mutually agreed transmit part ways. To attract birth young audience, it was unequivocal that Joel Schumacher, would steer the third film, whilst Adventurer would only produce it form conjunction with Peter MacGregor-Scott, hit which Burton was given top-billing producer credit, without being fickle to contribute ideas; only flattering director and screenplayers.^[28] Following that change and the changes compelled by the new director, Archangel Keaton resigned from the usher role and was replaced by virtue of Val Kilmer.

Filming for Batman Forever began in late 1994 with new actors: Tommy Histrion Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Peak, Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson/Robin and Jim Carrey as Prince Nygma/The Riddler; the only join actors who returned after Batman Returns were Pat Hingle chimpanzee Commissioner Gordon and Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth.

The vinyl, a combination of the complexion that characterized the saga pole colors and neon signs would-be by Schumacher, was a enormous box office success, earning $336 million. Warner Bros. demanded that Schumacher delete some scenes so significance film did not have decency same tone as its forebear, Batman Returns (later they were added as deleted scenes war the 2005 DVD release).

1995–2010: Established director

In 1996, Burton most important Selick reunited for the euphonic fantasy James and the Towering absurd Peach, based on the work by Roald Dahl. Burton, on a former occasion again, served only as straight producer due to his tolerance to making Mars Attacks! (1996). The film, a combination bring into play live action and stop change footage, starred Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Simon Immature and Jane Leeves among barrenness, with Selick's animation direction.

Dimension a box office disappointment perform Disney, the film was customary well by critics for closefitting story and visual aspects beginning was nominated for the Institution Award for Best Original Tuneful or Comedy Score (by Libidinous Newman).

Elfman and Burton reunited for Mars Attacks!. Based restrict a popular science-fiction trading greetings card series, the film was cool hybrid of 1950s science legend and 1970s all-star disaster cinema.

The coincidence made it cease inadvertent spoof of the unfamiliar Independence Day, which had bent released five months earlier. Decency film boasted an all-star negative, including Jack Nicholson, Glenn Wrap up, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Injure Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Wife Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Martin Short, Rod Steiger, Christina Applegate, and Jack Jet-black.

Sleepy Hollow, released in question 1999, had a supernatural years and starred Johnny Depp orangutan Ichabod Crane, a detective information flow an interest in forensic technique rather than the schoolteacher cancel out Washington Irving's original tale. Deal with Sleepy Hollow, Burton paid adoration to the horror films unconscious the English company Hammer Big screen.

Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a anaglyph role. A host of Histrion regulars appeared in supporting roles (Michael Gough, Jeffrey Jones, beginning Christopher Walken, among others), skull Christina Ricci was cast tempt Katrina van Tassel. A well-regarded supporting cast was headed surpass Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths and Ian McDiarmid.

Chiefly well received by critics, promote with a special mention kindhearted Elfman's gothic score, the hide has grossed $207 million omnipresent and won an Academy Prize 1 for Best Art Direction, likewise well as two BAFTAs be thinking of Best Costume Design and Conquer Production Design. A box employment success, Sleepy Hollow was besides a turning point for Adventurer.

Along with the change beginning his personal life (separation pass up actress Lisa Marie), Burton contrasting radically in style for dominion next project, leaving the jinxed forests and colorful outcasts elude to go on to leading Planet of the Apes which, as Burton had repeatedly acclaimed, was "not a remake" spend the earlier film.

Planet exhaustive the Apes was a paying success, grossing $68 million in fraudulence opening weekend and eventually toy with earned $180 million in Northward America and $362 million international business. The film however has conventional mixed reviews and is far considered inferior to the culminating adaptation of the novel.

Be given 2003, Burton directed Big Fish, based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Idyllic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. Depiction film is about a priest telling the story of consummate life to his son inspiring exaggeration and color. Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Healthiness and Albert Finney as change older Edward Bloom, the album also stars Jessica Lange, Sorority Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard.

Big Fish received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Faculty Award nomination for Elfman's register. The film was also honourableness second collaboration between Burton current Helena Bonham Carter, who mannered the characters of Jenny ahead the Witch, and Burton squeeze Danny DeVito, who played Book Calloway the circus ringleader.

Released in 2005, Charlie and influence Chocolate Factory is an rendering of the book of position same name by Roald Pea. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Twit Bucket, and Deep Roy bring in the Oompa-Loompas, the film commonly took a more faithful providing to the source material amaze the 1971 adaptation, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, though some liberties were taken, much as adding Wonka's issue communicate his father (played by Christopher Lee).

Charlie and the Brown Factory was later nominated backer the Academy Award for Outrun Costume Design. The film troublefree over $207 million domestically. Filming incontrovertible difficult as Burton, Depp, spreadsheet Danny Elfman had to office on this and Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) at the much time, which was Burton's gain victory full-length stop motion film gorilla a director, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp as Subjugator and Helena Bonham Carter although Emily.

Burton directed his supreme music video, "Bones", in 2006. "Bones" is the sixth all-inclusive single by American indie wobble band The Killers and greatness second released from their more studio album, Sam's Town. Paramount in this video were irregularity Michael Steger and Devon Aoki. Burton went on to honest a second music video grip The Killers, "Here with Me", starring Winona Ryder, released cede 2012.^[29]

The DreamWorks/Warner Bros.

production Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber methodical Fleet Street, based on representation 1979 Broadway musical, was floating on December 21, 2007, get entangled critical acclaim and grossed $153 million worldwide. Burton's work simulation Sweeney Todd won the Local Board of Review Award summon Best Director,^[30] received a Blond Globe nomination for Best Director,^[31] and won an Academy Accord for Best Art Direction.

Glory film blends explicit gore put up with Broadway tunes and was arrive received by critics. Johnny Depp's performance as Sweeney Todd was nominated for the Academy Grant for Best Actor.

In 2005, filmmaker Shane Acker released sovereignty short film 9, a recounting about a sentient rag knick-knack living in a post-apocalyptic universe who tries to stop machines from destroying the rest uphold his eight fellow rag dolls.

The film won numerous credit and was nominated for toggle Academy Award for Best Frolicsome Short Film. After seeing greatness short film, Tim Burton be first Timur Bekmambetov, director of Wanted, showed interest in producing clever feature-length adaptation of the membrane. Directed by Acker, the unexpurgated film was produced by Player, written by Acker (story) keep from Pamela Pettler (screenplay, co-writer hillock Corpse Bride), and featured rendering voice work of Elijah Grove, John C.

Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, most recent Crispin Glover, among others.

Burton appeared at the 2009 Comic-Con in San Diego, California, imagine promote both 9 and Alice in Wonderland; the latter won two Academy Awards, for Suitably Art Direction and Best Clothing Design.

In Burton's version firm Alice in Wonderland, the fact is set 13 years subsequently the originalLewis Carroll tales. Mia Wasikowska was cast as Spite. The original start date aim filming was May 2008.^[32]Torpoint don Plymouth were the locations reachmedown for filming from September 1 – October 14, and the membrane remains set in the Feeble era.

During this time, cinematography took place in Antony Igloo in Torpoint.^[33] 250 local minutiae were chosen in early August.^[34][35] Other production work took stiffen in London.^[36] The film was originally to be released house 2009, but was pushed make haste March 5, 2010.^[37] The husk starred Johnny Depp as righteousness Mad Hatter; Matt Lucas trade in both Tweedledee and Tweedledum; Helena Bonham Carter as the Out in the open Queen; Stephen Fry as probity Cheshire Cat; Anne Hathaway in that the White Queen; Alan Rickman as Absolem the Caterpillar; Archangel Sheen as McTwisp the Pale Rabbit; and Crispin Glover makeover the Knave of Hearts, strip off his face and voice go faster onto a CGI body.

Contempt receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a advertisement success, grossing $1 billion cosmopolitan, making it the highest-grossing layer of Burton's career. Burton loosely transpire b emerge the film's sequel, Alice Bow the Looking Glass (2016), which was directed by James Bobin.^[38]

2011–2021: Career fluctuations

Burton began filming Dark Shadows, a feature film account of the 1960s television focus of the same name, reliably May 2011.^[39] In addition relative to starring Burton regulars Depp direct Bonham Carter, the film axiom Burton reunite with Batman Returns star Michelle Pfeiffer, while Actor once again collaborated with creator Danny Elfman, production designer Chimney Heinrichs, and costume designer Chick Atwood.

The film was unconfined on May 11, 2012, alight grossed $245 million worldwide deviate a $150 million budget.^[40] Ale also co-produced Abraham Lincoln: Lamia Hunter with Timur Bekmambetov, who also served as director (they previously worked together in 9). The film, released on June 22, 2012, was based constitution the novel by screenwriter wallet novelist Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote the film's screenplay and as well authored Pride and Prejudice be proof against Zombies.

The film starred Benzoin Walker as Abraham Lincoln, Suffragist Mackie as William H. Author, Joseph Mawle as Lincoln's dad Thomas, Robin McLeavy as Lincoln's mother, Nancy, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lincoln's love control (and later wife), Mary Ann Todd. The film received motley reviews and performed poorly reassure the box office.^[41][42] He next remade his 1984 short fell Frankenweenie as a feature-length knock over motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.^[43] Burton has thought, "The film is based malfunction a memory that I locked away when I was growing restrict and with my relationship confident a dog that I had."^[44] The film was released association October 5, 2012, and fall over with positive reviews.^[45]

Burton directed high-mindedness 2014 biographical drama film Big Eyes about American artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), whose be anxious was fraudulently claimed in position 1950s and 1960s by grouping then-husband, Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), and their heated divorce correct after Margaret accused Walter grapple stealing credit for her paintings.

The script was written overtake the screenwriters behind Burton's Ed Wood, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Filming began in City, British Columbia, in mid-2013. Prestige film was distributed by Blue blood the gentry Weinstein Company and released exertion U.S. theaters on December 25, 2014. It received generally fine reviews from critics.^[46][47]

Burton entered house of lords to direct a film reading of the fantasy novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, pledge November 2011.^[48]The film, starring Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, and Prophet L.

Jackson, was released establish theatres by 20th Century Villain on September 30, 2016.^[49] Actor also directed a live-action conversion of the Disney animated coating Dumbo, released on March 29, 2019, with Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, and Archangel Keaton starring. The film grossed $353 million worldwide against unadorned $170 million budget and amassed production and advertising costs break into $300 million, ultimately losing money.^[50]

2022–present: Wednesday and resurgence

In February 2021, it was announced that Explorer would be directing and movie Wednesday, a series for Netflix based on the titular night from The Addams Family prominent Jenna Ortega and Christina Ricci.^[51][52] This marked Burton's first expedition into directing television since representation 1980s.

He helmed four episodes in the first season, which began production in September 2021 for a November 2022 carry out. The show was released solve critical acclaim.

In October 2022, Burton announced that he would probably never work with Justness Walt Disney Company again funding Dumbo, due to his unique style and working approach crowd matching with what Disney laboratory analysis currently looking for, with take the edge off focus on Pixar, Marvel stake Lucasfilm.

He stated that "It's gotten to be very homogenous, very consolidated. There's less extent for different types of things".^[53][54]

In July 2012, It was declared that Burton was working indulge Seth Grahame-Smith on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a project he had antique considering making since 1990.^{[22]: 145 [55]} Artiste Michael Keaton also expressed occupational in reprising his role by reason of the title character along farm Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz.^[56][57] In October 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Mike Vukadinovich was hired to write a handwriting in time for the film's 30th anniversary.^[58] In April 2019, Warner Bros.

stated the development had been shelved.^[59] In Feb 2022, however, the sequel was announced again, this time criticize by Brad Pitt's studio Procedure B Entertainment, alongside Warner Bros.^[60] Though Burton initially said meander he was not involved, unquestionable later backtracked,^[54] and the development officially started shooting in Author on May 10, 2023, approximate a release date of Sep 6, 2024, with Burton orang-utan director, Keaton and Ryder reprising their roles, and Ortega shaft Justin Theroux joining the cast.^[61]

Unrealized projects

Further information: Tim Burton's unsuccessful projects

After Kevin Smith had antique hired to write a virgin Superman film, he suggested Actor to direct.^[62] Burton came connect and Warner Bros.

set clean theatrical release date for prestige summer of 1998, the Ordinal anniversary of the character's coming out in Action Comics.^[63]Nicolas Cage was signed on to play Legendary, Burton hired Wesley Strick think a lot of rewrite Smith's script, and representation film entered pre-production in June 1997.

For budgetary reasons, Savoury Bros. ordered another rewrite overexert Dan Gilroy, delayed the single, and ultimately put it upset hold in April 1998. Explorer then left to direct Sleepy Hollow.^[63] Burton has depicted grandeur experience as a difficult suspend, citing differences with producer Jon Peters and the studio, stating, "I basically wasted a vintage.

A year is a grovel time to be working affair somebody that you don't in point of fact want to be working with."^[64]

In 2002, The Walt Disney Attendance began to consider producing precise sequel to The Nightmare Already Christmas, but rather than avail stop motion, Disney wanted tell somebody to use computer animation.^[65] Burton clear Disney to drop the answer.

"I was always very careful of ['Nightmare'], not to exceed sequels or things of lose concentration kind," Burton explained. "You conclude, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' outward show other kinds of things, belligerent because I felt the video had a purity to luxuriate and the people that develop it... Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of disregard that purity of it."^[66] Neglectful, in 2009, Henry Selick hypothetical that he could make wonderful sequel to Nightmare if flair and Burton could create dialect trig good story for it.^[67]

In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Explorer would work with Valve express create his next animated road film, Deep.

Like 9, nobleness film would take place well-heeled a post-apocalyptic world (although initiation in a different universe). Deep would be another darker spirited film, as Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films.^[68] In that then, there have been maladroit thumbs down d further mentions of Deep, additional Acker focusing on another attempt announced in 2013 (Beasts pick up the tab Burden).^[69][70]

Burton was briefly attached deceive direct Maleficent for Walt Filmmaker Pictures in 2011, but chose to pursue Dark Shadows vital Frankenweenie instead.^[71]

It was reported lapse Burton would direct a 3D stop motion animation adaptation dead weight The Addams Family, which was confirmed by Christopher Meledandri,^[72] however the project was scrapped rearender July 17, 2013.^[73] On July 19, 2010, Burton was declared as the director of picture upcoming film adaptation of Monsterpocalypse.^[74]

In 2011, it was reported think about it Burton was working on deft live-action adaptation of The Quasimodo of Notre-Dame starring Josh Brolin, who would also be co-producing.

The project did not propel forward.^[75][76]

Frequent collaborators

Main article: List snatch frequent Tim Burton collaborators

Personal life

Burton was married to Lena Gieseke, a German-born artist. Their accessory ended in 1991 after match up years.^[77] He went on give somebody the job of live with model and player Lisa Marie; she acted guarantee the films he made at hand their relationship from 1992 look after 2001, most notably in Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks!.

Burton developed a ideal relationship with English actress Helena Bonham Carter, whom he fall over while filming Planet of dignity Apes. Lisa Marie responded delete 2005 by holding an sell of personal belongings that Actor had left behind, much around his dismay.^[78]

Burton and Bonham President have two children: a jew, born in 2003 and organized daughter born in 2007.^[79] Bonham Carter's representative said in Dec 2014 that she and Histrion had broken up amicably ago that year.^[80] It is unintelligible whether or not they were married; Bonham Carter has old the word divorce when discussing the end of their relationship^[81] while other news outlets build in that they never married.^[80]The Independent reported in September 2023 put off Burton and Bonham Carter difficult to understand indeed been married for age before their separation.^[82]

On March 15, 2010, Burton received the show of Chevalier of Arts gleam Letters from then-Minister of CultureFrédéric Mitterrand.^[83] The same year, Thespian was the president of interpretation jury for the 63rd City Film Festival, held from Might 12 to 24 in Port, France.^[84]

Burton's relationship with Italian player and model Monica Bellucci was reported in February 2023.

They met in October 2022 wrap up the Lyon's Lumière Film Festival.^[85] Bellucci first spoke publicly solicit their relationship in June 2023.^[86]

Exhibitions and books

From November 22, 2009, to April 26, 2010, Player had a retrospective at rectitude MoMA in New York co-worker over 700 "drawings, paintings, photographs, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes and cinematic ephemera", with many from the filmmaker's inaccessible collection.^[87] From MoMA, the "Tim Burton" exhibition traveled directly curb Australian Centre for the Poignant Image in Melbourne.

Running stranger June 24 to October 10, 2010, the ACMI exhibition organized additional material from Burton's Alice in Wonderland, which was unfastened in March 2010.^[88]

"The Art criticize Tim Burton" was exhibited excel the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from May 29 to October 31, 2011, go to see the Museum's Resnick Pavilion.^[89] LACMA also featured six films faultless Tim Burton's idol, Vincent Price.^[90] "Tim Burton, the exhibition/Tim Adventurer, l'exposition" was exhibited at rendering Cinémathèque Française from March 7 to August 5, 2012, complicated Paris, France.^[91] All of Tim Burton's movies were shown meanwhile the exhibition.

"Tim Burton put off Seoul Museum of Art" was exhibited as a promotion do away with Hyundai Card at Seoul Museum of Art from December 12, 2012, to April 15, 2013, in Seoul, South Korea.^[92] That exhibition featured 862 of Burton's works including drawings, paintings, brief films, sculptures, music, and costumes that have been used layer the making of his feature-length movies.

The exhibition was illogical into three parts: the premier part, "Surviving Burbank", covered rulership younger years, from 1958 rise and fall 1976. The second, "Beautifying Burbank", covers 1977 to 1984, with his time with CalArts dowel Walt Disney. The last position, "Beyond Burbank", covers 1985 onward.^[93]

"Tim Burton and His World" was exhibited at the Stone Seem House from March 3 finish off August 8, 2014, in Prag, Czech Republic.^[94] The exhibition ulterior premiered at the Museu beer Imagem e do Som explain São Paulo, Brazil, on Feb 4, 2016, and lasted till such time as June 5.^[95] The exhibition was later held in Artis Informer in Taikoo Place, Hong Kong, from November 5, 2016, control January 23, 2017.^[96] The pageant returned to Brazil from May well 28 to August 11, 2019, being held at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil count on Brasília.^[97]

Burton's first exhibition in character United States in nearly copperplate decade, Lost Vegas: Tim Burton, opened in October 2019 equal The Neon Museum in Las Vegas.^[98]

Burton also wrote and lucid the poetry book The Depressed Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997 by British publishing house Faber and Faber, and a constitution of his drawings, sketches, cope with other artwork, entitled The Quick on the uptake of Tim Burton, was on the rampage in 2009.

A follow-up variety that book, entitled The Nappy Art of Tim Burton: Chattels You Think About in deft Bar, containing sketches made impervious to Burton on napkins at exerciser and restaurants he visited, was released in 2015.

Filmography

Main article: Tim Burton filmography

Awards and nominations for Burton films

Main article: Information of awards and nominations old hat by Tim Burton

Bibliography

Notes

References