Age: 67
male
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.
Tim Burton
Director
for Director in Luigi's Mansion: Phantom is the Night
Suggested by misterwolf
Luigi's Mansion: Phantom is the Night is a 2024 American fantasy science fiction action film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Guillermo del Toro from story by him and Burton, based on the video game series Luigi's Mansion created by Nintendo. It is the second installment in the Luigi's Mansion film series. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Watson, Jonah Hill, Jack Black, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Ron Perlman, Mike Myers, Joonas Suotamo, and Danny DeVito. Phantom is the Night was released on March 11th, 2024; it was a financial success having grossed over $918 million worldwide. Like its predecessor, the film received largely positive reviews, with critics praising the action sequences, visual effects, tone, music, cinematography, humor, emotional depth, direction, screenplay, stunts, narrative and the performances of Cooper, Watson, Black, Lawrence, Berry, Perlman and Myers. A sequel is in development.
