Tim Burton profile

Tim Burton

Born: August 25, 1958

Known For: Directing

Movie Credits (32)

1993 | PG | 1h 16m
WizRank: 81.39 (53.48% Above Average )

Tired 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
Cast Zero (voice) (uncredited) (Cast Order: 34)
Crew Production (Producer)
Writing (Characters, Story)
1990 | PG-13 | 1h 45m
WizRank: 78.96 (47.4% Above Average )

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Credits for Tim Burton in Edward Scissorhands
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Directing (Director)
Writing (Story)

Corpse Bride (2005)

2005 | PG | 1h 17m
WizRank: 77.60 (44% Above Average )

In 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
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)
Writing (Characters)

Ed Wood (1994)

1994 | R | 2h 7m
WizRank: 77.48 (43.7% Above Average )

The 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
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)
2007 | R | 1h 56m
WizRank: 75.98 (39.95% Above Average )

The 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Big Fish (2003)

2003 | Not Rated | 2h 5m
WizRank: 75.26 (38.15% Above Average )

Throughout 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Beetlejuice (1988)

1988 | PG | 1h 32m
WizRank: 74.88 (37.2% Above Average )

A 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
Crew Directing (Director)
1979 | G | 1h 35m
WizRank: 74.39 (35.98% Above Average )

The 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
Cast Additional Muppet Performer (Cast Order: 47)

Batman (1989)

1989 | PG-13 | 2h 6m
WizRank: 73.28 (33.2% Above Average )

Having 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Frankenweenie (2012)

2012 | PG | 1h 27m
WizRank: 72.38 (30.95% Above Average )

When 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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Writing (Idea, Characters)
Production (Producer)
1992 | PG-13 | 2h 6m
WizRank: 71.43 (28.58% Above Average )

The 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
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)
1996 | PG | 1h 19m
WizRank: 71.42 (28.55% Above Average )

When 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
Crew Production (Producer)
2005 | PG | 1h 55m
WizRank: 71.36 (28.4% Above Average )

A 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

1999 | Not Rated | 1h 45m
WizRank: 71.08 (27.7% Above Average )

Skeptical 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Big Eyes (2014)

2014 | PG-13 | 1h 46m
WizRank: 68.55 (21.38% Above Average )

In 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
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)
2024 | PG-13 | 1h 45m
WizRank: 67.71 (19.28% Above Average )

After 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
Cast Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited) (Cast Order: 40)
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)

Singles (1992)

1992 | PG-13 | 1h 39m
WizRank: 67.51 (18.78% Above Average )

A 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
Cast Brian (Cast Order: 11)

9 (2009)

2009 | PG-13 | 1h 19m
WizRank: 66.01 (15.03% Above Average )

When 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
Crew Production (Producer)
1985 | Not Rated | 1h 31m
WizRank: 65.62 (14.05% Above Average )

The 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
Cast Thug in Alley (uncredited) (Cast Order: 60)
Crew Directing (Director)
2016 | PG-13 | 2h 7m
WizRank: 65.42 (13.55% Above Average )

A 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
Cast Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited) (Cast Order: 50)
Crew Directing (Director)
2012 | PG-13 | 1h 46m
WizRank: 65.32 (13.3% Above Average )

Agents 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
Cast Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited) (Cast Order: 72)
2010 | PG | 1h 48m
WizRank: 61.24 (3.1% Above Average )

Alice, 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
Crew Directing (Director)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

1996 | PG-13 | 1h 46m
WizRank: 60.85 (2.13% Above Average )

A 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.

Credits for Tim Burton in Mars Attacks!
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Producer)
2024 | Not Rated | 1h 33m
WizRank: 60.01 (0.02% Above Average )

In 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
Crew Writing (Story)

Hoffa (1992)

1992 | R | 2h 20m
WizRank: 59.44 (0.93% Below Average )

A 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
Cast Corpse (uncredited) (Cast Order: 85)

Dumbo (2019)

2019 | PG | 1h 52m
WizRank: 59.15 (1.42% Below Average )

A 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
Crew Directing (Director)
Production (Executive Producer)

Dark Shadows (2012)

2012 | Not Rated | 1h 53m
WizRank: 56.62 (5.63% Below Average )

Vampire 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.

Credits for Tim Burton in Dark Shadows
Crew Directing (Director)
2001 | PG-13 | 2h
WizRank: 54.23 (9.62% Below Average )

After 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
Crew Directing (Director)
2016 | PG | 1h 53m
WizRank: 54.16 (9.73% Below Average )

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

Credits for Tim Burton in Alice Through the Looking Glass
Crew Production (Producer)
1995 | PG-13 | 2h 1m
WizRank: 52.98 (11.7% Below Average )

Batman 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
Crew Production (Producer)
2012 | R | 1h 45m
WizRank: 52.49 (12.52% Below Average )

President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

Credits for Tim Burton in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Crew Production (Producer)

Cabin Boy (1994)

1994 | PG-13 | 1h 20m
WizRank: 50.41 (15.98% Below Average )

A 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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