Tim Burton
- Born: 25 Aug, 1958
A pale and lonely dark-eyed boy, out of place in the suntanned Burbank world of his youth, filmmaker Tim Burton refused to yield to the cookie-cutter homogeneity demanded by suburbia (and later by Disney), translating his alienation into a dark and highly personal vision that would resonate resoundingly with movie audiences. He drew great inspiration from Roger Corman's movies starring Vincent Price and as a natural progression immerse himself in the German expressionism of the 1920s and the Gothic horror of the 1930s. Ill-equipped to do things the Disney way while briefly toiling at the studio as an apprentice animator, he impressed future collaborators Henry Selick and Rick Heinrichs with his brilliant doodles. Despite being perceived as a weirdo, he also managed to make his own six-minu...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Bill Burton: a Burbanks parks official
- mother Jean Burton: once owned a cat accessory store
- wife Lena Gieseke: German; married in February 1989; separated in spring 1992
- Lisa Marie: appeared as Vampira in Burton's "Ed Wood", an alien in "Mars Attacks!" and in "Sleepy Hollow" and "Planet of the Apes"; together from 1992 until 2001; reportedly were engaged
- Helena Bonham Carter: co-starred in "Planet of the Apes" (2001); began dating in October 2001
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