Tim Burton

Tim Burton was born August 25, 1958. He is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Bettlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and for blockbuster such as Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Burton worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios as an animator, storyboard artist and concept artist on films such as The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron and Tron. 

However, Burton’s personal style clashed with Disney’s standards and he longed to work on solo projects.

Burton directed the cinematic spin-off of his popular character Pee-wee Herman. That gained popularity with a successful stage show at the Roxy which was turned into an HBO special. The film, was made a budget of 8 million and grossed more than $40 million at the box office.

Bettlejuice, a supernatural comedy horror about a young couple forced to cope with life after death. Starring Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, and featuring Michael Keaton, the film grossed $80 million on a relatively low budget and won an Academy Award for Best Makeup.

Batman was his first bid budget film. Burton repeatedly clashed with the film's producers, Jon Peters and Peter Guber, but the most remarkable disaster involved casting. When the film opened in June 1989, it was backed by the biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time, and became one of the biggest box office hits of all time, grossing well over US$250 million in the US alone and $400 million worldwideand earning critical acclaim for the performances of both Keaton and Nicholson, as well as the film's production aspects. This film won the Academy Award for Best Director.

His coming soon movie "Dark Shadow" will be on the cinema on May that once again starred by Johnny Deep.