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Tim Burton
Director 67 years old

Tim Burton

Burbank, California, USA

Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements.... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

22 titles
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Tim Burton 2024 1h 45m 6.3

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

Dumbo

Dumbo

Tim Burton 2019 1h 52m 5.0

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton 2016 2h 7m 5.8

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

Tim Burton 2014 1h 46m 6.6

A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton 2012 1h 27m 7.2

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

Tim Burton 2012 1h 53m 6.3

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton 2010 1h 48m 6.5

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton 2007 1h 56m 7.7

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

Tim Burton, Mike Johnson 2005 1h 17m 8.0

Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tim Burton 2005 1h 55m 7.4

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Big Fish

Big Fish

Tim Burton 2003 2h 5m 8.4

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Tim Burton 2001 2h 5.8

Planet of the Apes is the 2001 remake of the classic science fiction film from 1968 in which a spaceship of humans lands on a planet inhabited by human like apes.

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton 1999 1h 45m 8.2

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

Tim Burton 1996 1h 46m 7.2

“We come in peace” is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the 50’s and 60’s.

Ed Wood

Ed Wood

Tim Burton 1994 2h 7m 8.3

Ed Wood is the worst director of all times. Together with his friends they film B-movies one after another without ever becoming famous or successful. A strange black and white Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film.

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

Tim Burton 1992 2h 6m 7.8

Batman Returns and the dark hero must up against two villains; the Penguin and Catwoman who both want to cause chaos to Gotham City. Yet while Catwoman is fighting Batman, her alter ego Selina Kyle is in love with his alter ego Bruce Wayne.

Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton 1990 1h 45m 8.7

Edward Scissorhands is a classic Tim Burton and Johnny Depp film about a small suburban town that receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward. A satire on the normality of Middle-America and their fear of outsiders. A magical fairytale story of loneliness, learning, and love; that will make you laugh, curse, and cry.

Batman

Batman

Tim Burton 1989 2h 6m 7.9

Batman finds himself up against a new enemy in the Joker, who is spreading fear and chaos on the streets of Gotham. Batman has to face not only his enemy, but the person who created his dark persona and reconcile his desire to combat evil with his desire for a normal life and romance.

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Tim Burton 1988 1h 32m 8.0

A recently deceased couple hire the service of Beetlejuice to get the new owners out of their house.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Tim Burton 1985 1h 31m 6.6

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton 1984 29m 7.3

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how.

Vincent

Vincent

Tim Burton 1982 6m 8.7

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.

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