Tim Burton Is An American Producer, Writer, Animator And Director Who Was Born On August 25th, 1985. During His Teenage Years He Would Make Stop Motion Animation Short Films In His Backyard, He Would Use Crude Stop Motion And Would Film On 8mm Film Without The Sound. The First Short Film That He Created Was At The Age Of 13 And It Was Called The Island Of Doctor Agor. Later He Went To California Institute Of The Arts And Studied Character Animation, Here He Created The Short Films Stalk Of The Celery Monster As Well As King And Octopus. When He Created Stalk Of The Celery Monster, He Got Some Interest From Walt Disney Productions And Was Offered An Animators Apprenticeship. While He Was There, He Worked A Variety Of Different Roles Including Animator, Storyboard Artist, Graphic Designer, Art Director And Concept Artist. Although The Concept Art He Worked On Never Made It To The Final Films He Worked On The Fox And The Hound, The Black Cauldron And Tron. In 1982 He Created A Six-Minute-Long Short Film With Disney Called Vincent, It Was Based On A Poem He Had Written As A Teenager About A Boy Who Pretended That He Was Is Hero Vincent Price. His First Live-Action Production Was A Japanese Type Adaptation Of The Fairy Tale Hansel And Gretel Which Was Premiered On Disney Channel Once In 1983. It Is Now Extremely Hard To Find And Has Only Been On Public Display A Few Times Both At The Museum Of Modern Art In 2009 And 2011 As Well As The Seoul Museum Of Art In 2012. His Next Short Film Was Frakenweenine Which Came Out In 1984, He Ended Up Being Fired By Disney As The Film He Had Created Was Too Dark And Scary For Kids. However, Paul Reuben Had Seen The Film And Asked Him To Direct For Pee- Wees Big Adventure Which Came Out In 1985, This Was His First Feature Length Film. The Film Had A Budget Of 8 Million And Grossed For Over 40 Million, This Was Also The First Time He Worked With Danny Elfman Who Has Gone Onto To Do The Score For Most Of His Films. His Next Big Project Was Beetlejuice In 1988, The Film Had Quite A Low Budget And Grossed For Over 80 Million Dollars. It Won An Oscar For Best Makeup And Later Had An Animated Series Based On The Film That Ran On ABC Then On Fox. He Was Able To Receive His First Big Budget Film By Impressing Studios As He Produced Low Budget Films That Became Hits. Batman Which Came Out 1989, Had A Lot Of Problems On Set Mainly Due To Casting Tim Burton Wanted To Have Michael Keaton To Play Batman But The Producers Told Him That This Was A Bad Choice. Michael Keaton Ended Up Getting Cast But Warner Brothers Lost Money In Their Share Price Due To Fans Not Liking The Casting. He Thought That Hiring Someone Who Was Bulked Up Was Stupid As It Should Be An Ordinary Man Who Dresses Up In A Bat Costume To Fight Crime. When Jack Nicholson Was Cast As The Joker It Helped With The Casting Fears From Fans And Drew In An Older Audiences Who Were Not Interested In Superhero Films. Batman Was One Of His Biggest Box Office Hits Grossing Over 200 Million Dollars Just In The US And 400 Million Dollars World Wide, It Also Had One Of The Biggest Marketing And Merchandise Campaign Of All Time. The Film Earned Critical Acclaim And Won An Oscar For Best Art Director, This Also Helped Establish Him As A Profitable Director. This Film Had A huge Influence On Future Superhero Films As He Gave The Characters More Psychological Depth And The Film A Grimmer More Realistic Look, Which Went Onto Inspire Batman The Animated Series As It Allowed For A Darker Batman To Be On TV. His Next Film Edward Scissorhands Came Out In 1990, The Idea Came From A Drawing That He Did In High School And Can Be Seen As An Autobiography Of His Childhood. He Says That The Film Is The Most Personal As It Is A Representation Of Him Not Being Able To Communicate Well With Other As A Teenager. He Then Went Onto Create A Sequel For Batman, In 1992, Batman Returns, There Was Some Controversy Surrounding The Film As It Was A Lot Darker Than The First One So It Might Be Too Scary For Kids And Catwoman’s Costume Was Overly Sexualised. He Also Made A Lot Of Changes To The Penguins Character Inspiring Future Renditions Of The Character Both In Tv And Comics, Instead Of Being An Ordinary Man He Now Looked More Like A Penguin. Although The Film Did Make Financial Success Grossing At 282.8 Million Dollars, It Was Not As Successful As The First Film. The Next Film He Only Produced Due To Time Constraints Due To Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas Which Came Out In 1993 And Was Based On Tim Burton’s World And Characters. It Did Quite Well At The Box Office Grossing At 50 Million But Disney Didn’t Want It Associated With Its Company So They Put It Out Through Touchstone Pictures Which Is A Disney Owned Company. There Were A Hundred People That Worked To Create The Character And The Film Took Three Years To Create. In 1994 He Co-produced Cabin Boy, He Was Supposed To Direct The Film But Handed The Directing To Adam Resnick Due To His Next Film. Ed Wood Released In 1994 Was A Smaller Scale Film That What He Usually Created And Focuses On The Life Of The Famous Director, Ed Wood. This Film Paid Tribute To The Low Budget Science Fiction Films And Horror Films That He Watched In His Childhood. The Film Quickly Became A Cult Classic Gaining Positive Reviews From Critics And Won Oscars For Best Supporting Actor And For Best Makeup. Tim Burton Didn’t Come Back To Create Another Batman Film And Was Replaced As Warner Brother Said That His Film Was Too Dark And Wasn’t Safe For Kids. In 1996 He Created His Next Film Mars Attack, Which Was A Mixture Of Both Live Action And Stop Motion Footage, It Did Not Do Well At The Box Office But Had Positive Reviews From Critics And Ended Up Being Nominated For An Oscar, Best Original Musical Or Comedy Score. Also, In 1996 He Co-Produced James And The Giant Peach Based On The Roald Dahl Book And Worked With Henry Sellick Again Who Was The Director Of The Nightmare Before Christmas. In 1999 His Next Film Sleepy Hollow Was Released, This Paid Homage To The Company Hammer Films And Grossed For Over 207 Million Mostly Having Positive Reviews From Critics. The Film Won An Oscar For Best Art Direction And Two Baftas For Best Costume Design And Best Production Design. In 2001 He Went Onto Direct Planet Of The Apes Which Was Not A Remake Of The Previous Film. The Film Grossed For 68 Million Dollars On Opening Weekend And Earned 180 Million Dollars In Us And 362 Million Dollars Worldwide, The Film Has Had Mixed Reviews. His Next Film Big Fish Which Was Released In 2003 Was Based On The Book Big: Fish A Novel Of Mythic Proportions By Daniel Wallace, The Film Received Four Golden Globe Nominations And An Oscar For The Soundtrack. His Next Film Was An Adaptation Of Roald Dahls Book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory And Was Released In 2005. The Film Grossed For 207 Million Dollars And Got Nominated At The Oscars For Best Costume Design. Also, In 2005 He Worked On Corpse Bride Which Was His First Full Length Stop Motion Film, This Gained Critical Success Grossing At 118.1 Million Dollars With A 40 Million Dollar Budget And Was Nominated For An Oscar, Best Animated Feature. In 2006 And 2012 He Did A Music Video For The Killers, Bones From The Album Sam’s Town And Here With Me From The Album Battle Born. In 2007 He Directed Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber From Fleet Street, Which Was Based On The Broadway Musical From 1979, The Film Grossed For 153 Million Dollars And Gained Critical Acclaim. For The Film He Won Best Director At The National Board Of Reviews, A Nomination At The Golden Globes For Best Director And Won An Oscar For Best Arts Director. In 2009 He Went To SDCC So That He Could Promote His New Films 9 And Alice In Wonderland. 9 Was A Feature Length Film Adaptation Of The Short Film By Shane Acker And Tim Burton Produced The Film. Alice In Wonderland Was Based On The Book By Lewis Carroll But Takes Place 13 Years After, The Film Was Supposed To Release In 2009 But Ended Up Being Released In 2010 And Won Two Oscars For Best Art Direction And Best Costume Design. The Film Got Mixed Reviews And Ended Up Grossing 1 Billion Worldwide, Which Was His Highest Grossing Film And Went Onto Produce The Sequel, Alice Through The Looking Glass. In 2012 He Directed Dark Shadow Which Was An Adaptation Of The 1960s TV Series, It Grossed For 245 Million Dollars Worldwide And Had A 150 Million Dollar Budget. Also, In 2012 He Remade His Short Film Frakenweenine Into A Feature Length Stop Motion Film, This Again Was Distributed By Walt Disney Pictures And Had Positive Reviews. In 2014 He Went Onto Direct Big Eyes Which Received Mainly Positive Reviews From Critics. Then In 2016 He Directed Miss Peregrines Home For Children Which Was An Adaptation Of The Book By Ransom Riggs. In 2019 He Directed A Live Action Dumbo, The Film Ended Up Grossing 353 Million Dollars But Had A 170 Million Dollar Budget And A 300 Million Dollar Advertising Cost So It Lost Money. In 2022 He Said He Won’t Be Working For Disney Again Due To His Style Being Not What Disney Was looking For. Also, In 2022 He Directed For The Tv Show Wednesday Which Received Critical Acclaim, He Hasn’t Directed For Tv Since The 1980s. In The Future There Is A Beetlejuice Sequel In The Works, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Which Is Planned To Come Out In September And It Has Been Announced That He Is Creating A Remake Of The Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman With Warner Brothers. He Is Best Known For Being As The Pioneer Of Goth Culture In The American Film Industry And His Fantasy And Gothic Horror Films. Some Of The People That He Frequently Collaborates With Include Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Catherine O’Hara And Christopher Lee. He Also Frequently Collaborates With The Composer Danny Elfman And He Has Done The Score For Most Of His Films, Except Three Which Are Ed Wood, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street And Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children.