DIRECTORS

EARLY LIFE• Tim William Burton was born

on August 25,1958 in the city of Burbank, California.

• Since as a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound.

• Burton studied at the Burbank High School, but he was not a particularly good student. He was a very introspective person, and found his pleasure in painting, drawing and watching films.

• After graduating from Burbank High School, Burton attended the California Institute of the Arts to study character animation.

EARLY CAREER• Disney immediately hired Tim

Burton when he graduated from the institute. Burton’s style was out of step with Disney traditions regarding family films. Two short animated films from Burton’s early work with Disney enjoyed a limited release. The first work is the 1982 six minute short Vincent, which is a claymotion tribute to Vincent Price.

• The second , Frankeweenie is a thirty minute short film about a boy who loses his dog and then attempts, in Frankenstein style.

PERSONAL LIFE

• Burton was married to Lena Gieseke, a German-born artist, for two years, whom he left to live with model and actress Lisa Marie; she acted in the films he made during their relationship from 1992 to 2001, most notably in Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!

• After leaving her, Burton then developed a romantic liaison with English actress Helena Bonham Carter, whom he met while filming Planet of the Apes.

• Burton and Bonham Carter have two children: a son, Billy Raymond, born October 4, 2003; and a daughter, Nell, born December 15, 2007.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Received a Best Animated Feature nomination for Corpse Bride in 2006

Best Director for Motion Picture nomination for Sweeney Todd: TheDemon of Fleet Street in 2008.

A number of nominations for the Saturn Award Best Director for the films

Beetle Juice in 1990, Batman Returns in 1993, Mars Attacks! in 1997, Sleepy Hollow in 2000, and Sweeney Todd: The

Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2008.

Palm D'or (Golden Palm) nomination for Ed Wood in 1995.

Best Feature Film nomination for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory in 2005

FUN FACTS ABOUT TIM BURTON

#1. BOLLYWOOD TRUE FANS

#2. FRIENDS WITH JOHNNY DEPP

#3. HIRED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAILED SUPERMAN (1997)

MOVIE

#4. SCHEDULED TO DIRECT THE BROADWAY MUSICAL VERSION OF HIS FILM BATMAN (1989)

#5. EVERYWHERE HE GOES, HE CARRIES A POCKET-SIZE

SKETCHBOOK AND A SMALL WATERCOLOR KIT

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