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Also Known As Timothy William Burton
Born August 25, 1958 (age 68) • Burbank • California
Awards And Honors Golden Lion (2007)
Notable Works “Alice in Wonderland” • “Batman Returns” • “Batman” • “Beetlejuice” • “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” • “Big Eyes” • “Big Fish” • “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” • “Corpse Bride” • “Dark Shadows” • “Dumbo” • “Ed Wood” • “Edward Scissorhands” • “Mars Attacks!” • “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” • “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” • “Planet of the Apes” • “Sleepy Hollow” • “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” • “Wednesday”

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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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