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Timothy Walter " Tim" Burton [1] (born August
25, 1958) is an American film director, film
producer, writer, poet, and stop motion artist .
He is known for his dark, gothic, macabre and
quirky horror and fantasy films such as
Beetlejuice , Edward Scissorhands , The
Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood , Sleepy
Hollow, Corpse Bride , Sweeney Todd: The
Demon Barber of Fleet Street , Dark Shadows
and Frankenweenie, and for blockbusters such
as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman , its first
sequel Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in
Wonderland .
Burton is known for using recurring
collaborators on his works; among them are
Johnny Depp , who has become a close friend of
Burton since their first film together; musician
Danny Elfman , who has composed scores for all
but two of the films Burton has directed; and
actress — as well as his domestic partner —
Helena Bonham Carter . He also wrote and
illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy
Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories , published
in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings,
sketches and other artwork, entitled The Art of
Tim Burton , was released in 2009.
Burton has directed 16 films and produced 12
as of 2012. He is currently working on Big
Eyes, a biographical drama film about Walter
Keane and his wife Margaret .