Tim Burton

Tim Burton was born August 25th 1958, and is an American film director, producer, and stop motion artist. He is widely known for his dark, gothic, horror and fantasy films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, and The Corpse Bride

 

Burton has worked may times with actors such as Johnny Depp, who he has become a close friend with since their first film together. He has also wrote and illustrated a poetry book known as The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, which was published in 1997, and aswell as this a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other art, was released in 2009. He has directed around 16 films and produced 12 as of 2012. His latest film being the Big Eyesm, a biographical drama about Walter Keane and his wife Margaret.

 The Nightmare Before Christmas

One of his best known Stop motion pieces Burton wrote and produced although he did not direct, due to schedule constraints on Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas for Disney, it was originally meant to be a rhyming children's book. Which was directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson, it was based on Burton's original story, world and characters. Receiving highly positive reviews for the film's stop motion animation, bold and eccentric musical score and original storyline creating a box office success, grossing $50 million. He had collaborated with Selick again for James and the Giant Peach, which Burton co-produced. The film helped to generate a renewed interest in stop motion animation.

 

 

James and The Giant Peach

In 1996, Burton and Selick reunited for the musical fantasy film James and the Giant Peach. Based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film created a combination of live action and stop motion footage, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon among others, with Burton producing and Selick directing. The film had mostly been praised by critics, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.

 

 

Frankenweenie

In 2012 Burton remade his 1984 short Frankenweenie as a feature-length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. He said, that the film was based on a memory that he had while growing up and his relationship with a dog that he once had. The film was released on October 5, 2012 and met with positive reviews. It is his fourth stop-motion film he has produced and the first of those four that is not a musical piece. the film tells the tale of a young boy named Victor who loses his dog Sparky, using the power of electricity he resurrects him, but is then blackmailed by his peers into revealing how he had done this. hoping to reanimate their deceased past pets and other creatures, which results in chaotic mayhem. The tongue-in-cheek film contains many a reference and parody related to the book, past film versions.