Tim Burton

Timothy Willian Burton (born August 25, 1958) is known for the quirky/gothic atmosphere of his films. He is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated, Board of Review Award for Best Director-winning, American film, director, writer and designer. To list every movie that this man had been a part of would be too long for my Media Teacher's attention span (just kidding) but there seriously is so many. I will list some of my favourites as well as the more well known movies.

As a child Burton didn't do well in school, and often found pleasure is painting, drawing, and movies. He got a job as an animator for Disney but his talent was not being utilized and he was bored silly. The studio recognized this and he became a conceptual artist (the ones that design the characters) and did work on the Black Cauldron- probably Disneys darkest film. When Disney didn't use his drawings he made poems and drawings that would later become The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Because I am also an enormous Johnny Depp fan I will mention this. Depp and Burton are good friends and Burton often casts the talented actor. The pair are a match made in movie heaven. Depp is able to portray the misfits of Burton movies incredibly well in movies like Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Edward Scissor Hands, and Alice in Wonderland.

A short list of my favourite or well known Burton movies:
-Batman Returns
-The Nightmare Before Christmas
-James and the Giant Peach
-Mars Atacks (Loved it!)
-Planet of the Apes
-Beetlejuice

I think the reason I like a lot of his work is I'm a little demented myslef. I too love art that is just plain creepy. Many times I will like a movie and later discover that Tim Burton had a hand in the making of it. I'm sorry if I left out any of your favourites by him, but there is too many to list/discuss.