Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, animator, puppeteer, and actor.
He is known for his gothic horror and fantasy films, such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), ' (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
He is also known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the comic book films Batman (1989), and Batman Returns (1992), the science fiction films Mars Attacks! (1996), and Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010), and film adaptations of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and Dumbo (2019).
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Critical, public and commercial reception to films Burton has directed as of August 2025.