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Timothy Walter Burton [ a ] born August 25, is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. Known for popularizing Goth culture in the American film industry , Burton is famous for his gothic horror and dark fantasy films.

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Burton made his directorial film debut with the comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure and gained prominence for Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands Burton also directed the superhero films Batman and Batman Returns ; the animated films Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie ; the science fiction films Mars Attacks! Starting in , Burton has directed several episodes for the Netflix series Wednesday , for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

He also directed Beetlejuice Beetlejuice , the sequel to the film. Burton has frequently collaborated with composer Danny Elfman , who scored all but three of his films. As a preteen, Burton made short films in his backyard at North Evergreen Street, using crude stop motion animation techniques or shooting on 8 mm film without sound one of his oldest known juvenile films is The Island of Doctor Agor , adapted from the H.

Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau , which he made when he was 13 years old. He played on the water polo team at Burbank High. Burton was an introspective person and found pleasure in artwork, painting, drawing, and watching movies. His future work would be heavily influenced by the books of such childhood heroes as Dr.