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Tim Burton was born on August 25th, 1958 at Burbank, California. Tim Burton is a popular film director, writer, producer, and animator. He is popular for his fantasy as well as the eccentric films. Tim Burton’s father was an owner of a cat-themed gift shop. Tim Burton made short films in his backyard using animation, Tim Burton created his first film “The Island of Doctor Agor”when he was just 13. Tim Burton studied at the Burbank High School and was much interested in watching films and painting.

After Burbank high school Tim Burton went to the California Institute of Arts in Valencia for Character Animation. Tim Burton made the movie “Stalk of the Celery Monster”when he was studying in California Institute of Arts which caught the attention of Walt Disney Walt Disney or Walter Elias Disney was an American >> Read More... Productions. This helped Tim Burton to get an apprenticeship at the Studios of Walt Disney . Tim Burton famous works include The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Batman, the sequel to Batman.

The film Planet of the Apes released in the year 2001, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory released in the year 2005 and the amazing fantasy movie Alice in Wonderland released In the year 2010 are few of his best films. Tim Burton worked with several top stars of America, his friendship with Johnny Depp An iconic award-winning-actor that doesn’t watches >> Read More... has a very special place as he worked with him several times.Tim Burton has also written and illustrated a book which is "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories’ which got published in 1997 .

Tim Burton has written a book which comprises the sketches he made at a bar on napkins and has named it “The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things you think about in a bar”. He proposed Michael Keaton for the role of batman in the movie batman, his choice of casting Jack Nicholson for the “The Joker" has also had a positive impact on the movie attracting the audiences of all ages. It was the biggest box office hits grossing over US$250 million in the US and $400 million worldwide.

This movie won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Tim Burton th en became a profitable director, which helped him to bring the further movies related to superheroes "The Super Man". The Animated Series of batman has its own touch of creative look to the superheroes . Tim Burton has refused few projects. His future plans may include a sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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