A darknes history.“The life of Tim Burton”

Francisco Rafael González ChávezSumer Course Int. 1

Birthday

•He was born in Burbank, California.

•In Agust 25th, on 1958.

Early Life

•Tim Burton described his

childhood self as quirky, self-absorbed and

highly imaginative.

Working whit Disney!

•After high school, he won a Disney scholarship to attend the

California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.

Firsts Works

Vincent

•His first Short, with a

duration of 5.52min. This was

based in a short poem

written by Burton.

1982

Frankenweenie

• It´s a parody of (and homage to) the 1931

film Frankenstein based

on Mary Shelley's book of the same

name.

1984

His Movies…

Pee-wee´s Big Adventure

•Paul Reubens saw Frankenweenie,

he chose Burton to direct the

cinematic spin-off of his popular

character Pee-wee Herman

1985

•Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group Oingo Boingo, asked songwriter

Danny Elfman to provide the music for the

film.

Beetlejuice

•A supernatural comedy horror

about a young couple forced to cope with life after death, as well as a family of pretentious yuppies

invading their treasured New England home.

1988

Batman

•Burton claimed that “The Killing Joke” was a major

influence on his film adaptation of Batman.

1989

The 90´s...

Edward Scissorhands

•Edward looked human, but was left

with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely

death of his creator.

1990

Batman Returns

•Darker and considerably more personal than its predecessor,

concerns were raised that the film was too scary for children. Catwoman, penguin and Max Shreck.

1992

The Nightmare Before Christmas

•The film received positive

reviews for the film's stop

motion animation, musical

score and original

storyline. 1993

Ed Wood•This film was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of

Ed Wood Jr, a filmmaker sometimes called:

"the worst director of all time."

1994

Mars Attacks!

•Based on a popular science fiction trading card series, the

film was a hybrid of 1950s sci-fi flicks and 1970s all-star disaster

flicks—this was a clever satire and goofy mayhem!

Sleepy

Hollow

•Burton paid homage to the

old horror movies from English company

Hammer Film Productions.

1999

Tim Burton´s Lost in Oz.

•Conceived as an original TV series based on the

works of “L. Frank Baum”, this was never aired!

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories

•This is a collection of verse is

about misfit children such as Oyster

Boy, Match Girl, Stainboy, The

Girl Who Turned into a Bed,

and other more.

•Published by the publishing company:

Faber and Faber 1996

The 2000s

Planet of the Apes

•Planet of the Apes was a commercial success, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend.

The film was a significant departure from Burton's usual style

2001

•During the making of the film,

Burton met actress Helena Bonham Carter, who

would later become his partner.

Big Fish

•The film is about a father telling the story of his life to his son

using exaggeration and color.

2003

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

•Is an adaptation of the book by

Roald Dahl. The film

generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation. 2005

Corpse Bride•Was Burton's second stop-motion film. Burton was able to again use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as the

complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds.

2005

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street•Adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and

Hugh Wheeler's 1979 musical thriller. It re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, turns their remains into

meat pies.

Future Projects

9•The story follows 9, a sapient rag doll

who joins and helps lead a group of his own kind to protect humanity's fallen legacy on Earth from

machines that roam the planet.

Alice in Wonderland

•Fantasy film directed by

Tim Burton, which is an

adaptation of the Lewis

Carroll novels

Alice's Adventures in Wonder

land and

Through the Looking-Glass.

•The film will use a technique combining live action, motion capture technology and stop motion.

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