Tim Burton (Author, Illustrator)
Tim Burton was born and raised in Burbank, California. He attended
the California Institute of the Arts and soon after became an
animator at the Walt Disney Studios. He made his directorial debut
with the animated short Vincent, which was narrated by Vincent
Price. The film was a critical success and an award winner on the
festival circuit. Burton's next in-house project was a live-action
short film called Frankenweenie, an inventive and youthful twist on
the Frankenstein legend, which was subsequently remade as a 3-D,
stop-motion feature years later. After working on several films at
Disney, he began directing his own projects, and his unique
creative vision has since captured the imagination of millions of
people the world over. His feature film debut was the highly
imaginative and raucously funny Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Since
then, he has directed such highly acclaimed films as Beetlejuice,
Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Mars
Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonderland,
Frankenweenie and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is the first book he wrote and
illustrated.
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