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Tim Burton: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Timothy William Burton
  • Birth Place: Burbank, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/25/1958, Virgo
  • Profession: Director, producer, screenwriter, animator
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Tim Burton Fast Facts:
  • Father was a minor league baseball player.
  • Lived with his grandmother for most of his childhood.
  • Won a prize for an anti-litter poster in 9th grade.
  • Attended California Institute of the Arts on a Disney animation scholarship. John Lasseter, director of Toy Story, and Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles, were two of his classmates.
  • Did uncredited work on The Fox And The Hound and The Black Cauldron before convincing Disney to let him make his career-launching, the 1984 live-action short Frankenweenie.
  • Danny Elfman scored all of his films from Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) to Corpse Bride (2005), with the exception of 1994's Ed Wood.
  • Said that the relationship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood was akin to his own relationship with Vincent Price. Burton's Edward Scissorhands was Price's final film.
  • Tim Burton Relationships:
  • Bill Burton - Father
  • Billy Raymond Burton - Son
  • Daniel Burton - Brother
  • Helena Bonham Carter - Significant Other
  • Jean Burton - Mother
  • Lena Gieseke - Ex-wife
  • Lisa Marie - Ex-fiancée
  • Nell Burton - Daughter
  • Tim Burton Awards:
  • 2005 Oscar: Best Animated Feature Film - Nominee
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (Character Animation, 1979)
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