Tim Burton

Timothy Walter Burton

25th August 1958, Burbank, California 

Tim Burton started drawing at an early age and attended California Institute of Arts where he studied animation after being awarded a fellowship from Disney, who he later went to work with.

For the majority of his work he worked with Johnny Depp such as Edward scissor hands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeny Todd. His style of work is very unique, and can instantly be recognised as his due to its out-going, mad and wacky stamp on it.




Tim Burton wrote and directed was a short animation called 'Stalk of the Celery Monster' (1979) he made this during his time at California Institute of Arts. It is all hand drawn in pencil by himself. It was due to this video that he was offered a place to work at Walt Disney.
For a while this animation was considered to be lost until sections of it was shown in 2006.

However, he is work that is most known as being his first is 'The Island of Doctor Agor' 1971, made when he was only 13 years old. This animation was shot with a group of his mates. Near that time, he also made a short film called 'Houndini', starring himself as the famous escape artist.

Tim Burton is 'Mars Attacks' (1996) created a financial difficulty in his career and got him a variety of reviews, but sue to the cast and humour achieved a good status from his fans.
Chose one of his animated films and write about it. This film is about when the world is over powered by aliens who try to take charge of the world.

'Alice in Wonderland' (2010) fits the style of Tim Burton perfectly due to its weirdness and creativity. It's a story based on a 19-year-old Alice who returns back to 'Wonderland', a magical world she once explored when she was younger. She is reunited with old friends she met before and learns her destiny, which is to end the queens reign. The estimated budget for this film was approximately $200,000,000 but overall the film grossed over $1.02 billion worldwide. It was the first Disney film to make $1 billion dollars in ticket sales and by October 2013 was 15th in the highest-grossing film of all time. The film was released in the USA and UK ON March 5th 2010. At the 83rds Academy Awards 'Alice in Wonderland' won best art direction and best costume design but was also nominated for best visual effects.