Tim Burton
Born: August 25, 1958
Known For: Directing
Movie Credits (32)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
WizRank: 81.39Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
| Credits for Tim Burton in The Nightmare Before Christmas | |
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| Cast | Zero (voice) (uncredited) (Cast Order: 34) |
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
WizRank: 78.96A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Corpse Bride (2005)
WizRank: 77.60In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Corpse Bride | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Ed Wood (1994)
WizRank: 77.48The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Ed Wood | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
WizRank: 75.98The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Big Fish (2003)
WizRank: 75.26Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Big Fish | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Beetlejuice (1988)
WizRank: 74.88A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Beetlejuice | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
The Muppet Movie (1979)
WizRank: 74.39The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
| Credits for Tim Burton in The Muppet Movie | |
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| Cast | Additional Muppet Performer (Cast Order: 47) |
Batman (1989)
WizRank: 73.28Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Batman | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Frankenweenie (2012)
WizRank: 72.38When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Frankenweenie | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Batman Returns (1992)
WizRank: 71.43The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Batman Returns | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
WizRank: 71.42When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
| Credits for Tim Burton in James and the Giant Peach | |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
WizRank: 71.36A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
WizRank: 71.08Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Sleepy Hollow | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Big Eyes (2014)
WizRank: 68.55In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Big Eyes | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
WizRank: 67.71After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | |
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| Cast | Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited) (Cast Order: 40) |
| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Singles (1992)
WizRank: 67.51A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Singles | |
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| Cast | Brian (Cast Order: 11) |
9 (2009)
WizRank: 66.01When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
| Credits for Tim Burton in 9 | |
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| Crew | Production (Producer) |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
WizRank: 65.62The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Pee-wee's Big Adventure | |
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| Cast | Thug in Alley (uncredited) (Cast Order: 60) |
| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
WizRank: 65.42A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | |
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| Cast | Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited) (Cast Order: 50) |
| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Men in Black 3 (2012)
WizRank: 65.32Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Men in Black 3 | |
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| Cast | Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited) (Cast Order: 72) |
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
WizRank: 61.24Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Alice in Wonderland | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Mars Attacks! (1996)
WizRank: 60.85A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version (2024)
WizRank: 60.01In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?
| Credits for Tim Burton in Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version | |
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| Crew | Writing (Story) |
Hoffa (1992)
WizRank: 59.44A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Hoffa | |
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| Cast | Corpse (uncredited) (Cast Order: 85) |
Dumbo (2019)
WizRank: 59.15A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Dumbo | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
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Dark Shadows (2012)
WizRank: 56.62Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Planet of the Apes (2001)
WizRank: 54.23After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Planet of the Apes | |
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| Crew | Directing (Director) |
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
WizRank: 54.16Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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| Crew | Production (Producer) |
Batman Forever (1995)
WizRank: 52.98Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Batman Forever | |
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
WizRank: 52.49President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
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Cabin Boy (1994)
WizRank: 50.41A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
| Credits for Tim Burton in Cabin Boy | |
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| Crew | Production (Producer) |