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Tim Burton wearing large dark glasses, a white shirt, and black suit and tie, with tousled hair and beard, at the Cannes Film Festival. Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands, dressed in black with wild hair and scissor hands, stands beside Winona Ryder in a white dress, both looking out a window in a scene from Edward Scissorhands. Johnny Depp as Ed Wood sits in a director's chair holding a megaphone, with a vintage film camera and cameraman behind him, in a black-and-white scene from the film Ed Wood. Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow, with Ricci blindfolded and kissing Depp on the cheek. Tim Burton smiles while holding the Golden Lion trophy at the Venice Film Festival, with a large golden lion statue in the background. Tim Burton sits behind a workbench with stop-motion puppets of Jack Skellington, Sally, and other Halloween Town characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Michael Keaton as Batman stands in his black suit and cape in front of multiple monitors displaying the Joker in a scene from the 1989 film Batman. Johnny Depp as Ed Wood and Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi sit side by side, mimicking clawed hands, with a dramatic portrait of Dracula behind them in a scene from the film Ed Wood. Johnny Depp and Martin Landau in Ed Wood Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns, wearing a stitched black latex catsuit and mask, lying on her side with a confident expression.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added top questions. Oct 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 21, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Inside "the mind of Tim Burton" at Neon Museum in Las Vegas. Jul 03, 2026
Add new Web site: BFI - Talking with Tim Burton: “I’m like a vampire. I’ve been killed and resuscitated many times”. May 05, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Tim Burton talks about returning to 'Beetlejuice' after nearly 40 years. Mar 25, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Listen - Tim Burton, Catherine O'Hara. Jan 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Tim Burton. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Tim Burton talks about returning to 'Beetlejuice' after nearly 40 years. Jul 08, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Tim Burton. Apr 19, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Links added. Jun 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Tim Burton. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Tim Burton. Apr 07, 2023
Link added. Feb 10, 2023
Added the TV series Wednesday. Dec 12, 2022
Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Timothy William Burton. Aug 07, 2022
Add new Web site: All American Speakers - Tim Burton. Aug 30, 2021
Added the film Dumbo. Mar 28, 2019
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Tim Burton. Mar 28, 2017
Added the film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Nov 28, 2016
Noted the release of Big Eyes (2014). Dec 19, 2014
Added the short film Frankenweenie (1984) and its 2012 feature-length remake. Oct 05, 2012
Article revised and updated. May 11, 2012
Added photographs. Jan 12, 2012
Added various movies, including The Planet of the Apes (2001) and Alice in Wonderland (2010), and descriptions of selected films. Mar 04, 2010
New article added. Mar 09, 2009
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