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Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012). He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the superhero films Batman (1989) and its first sequel Batman Returns (1992), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010).
Burton has often worked with Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but three of the films Burton has directed. Helena Bonham Carter, Burton's former domestic partner, has appeared in many of his films
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1988
BeetlejuiceDirector
1989
BatmanDirector
1990
Edward ScissorhandsProducer, Story, and Director
1992
Batman ReturnsDirector and Producer
1993
The Nightmare Before ChristmasProducer, Writer, and Zero (voice)
1995
Batman ForeverProducer
2001
Planet of the ApesDirector
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryDirector
2005
Corpse BrideCharacters, Director, and Producer
2009
9Producer
2010
Alice in WonderlandDirector
2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterProducer
2012
FrankenweenieCharacters, Director, Idea, and Producer
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenDirector and Passenger on an attraction (uncredited)
2019
DumboExecutive Producer and Director
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