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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.

Tim Burton: Media

American director

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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.

Tim Burton

Tim Burton, 2010.

© cinemafestival/Shutterstock.com

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.

Edward Scissorhands

Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in Edward Scissorhands (1990), directed by...

© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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.

Ed Wood

Johnny Depp in Ed Wood (1994), directed by Tim Burton.

© 1994 Touchstone Pictures

Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow, with Ricci blindfolded and kissing Depp on the cheek.

Sleepy Hollow

Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci in Sleepy Hollow (1999), directed by Tim...

© 1999 Paramount Pictures

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 at the Venice Film Festival

Tim Burton after receiving the Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion) for lifetime achievement...

© cinemafestival/Shutterstock.com

Tim Burton sits behind a workbench with stop-motion puppets of Jack Skellington, Sally, and other Halloween Town characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Tim Burton and friends

The creator and producer of The Nightmare Before Christmas posing with several...

© 1993 Touchstone Pictures/Walt Disney Pictures/Skellington Productions

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.

Batman

Michael Keaton as the title character in Batman (1989).

© 1989 Warner Brothers, Inc.

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.

Ed Wood (1994)

Martin Landau (right) as horror actor Bela Lugosi and Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the...

© 1994 Touchstone Pictures

Johnny Depp and Martin Landau in Ed Wood

Johnny Depp and Martin Landau in Ed Wood

Martin Landau (right) and Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994).

© 1994 Touchstone Pictures, all rights reserved

Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns, wearing a stitched black latex catsuit and mask, lying on her side with a confident expression.

Batman Returns

Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns (1992).

© 1992 Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc.

Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard stands in a black dress at the base of an ornate staircase in the film Dark Shadows, directed by Tim Burton.

Dark Shadows

Michelle Pfeiffer in Dark Shadows (2012).

© 2012 Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc.

Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett and Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd stand facing each other in a dimly lit shop with large windows in a scene from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

© 2007 Dreamworks

Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd kneels on the floor holding a straight razor, with Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett leaning over him in a dim, attic-like room from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Killer reputation

Still from film director Tim Burton's adaptation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber...

© 2007 DreamsWorks Pictures/Warner Bros./The Zanuck Company/MacDonald-Parkes

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