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Directing

Tim Burton

Career: Active from 1971 to 2024, busiest in 1982 and 2012 with 3 main titles each.

Average score: 69/100

Highest rated: The Nightmare Before Christmas
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tim Burton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Crime
2.3, average 3.6
Politics
1.7, average 2.6
Eroticism
1.0, average 1.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Tim Burton Aesthetic 12
Danny Elfman Score 6
Cult Classic 5
Visual Spectacle 5
Nostalgic 3
Emotional Catharsis 3
Gothic Fairy Tale 3
Whimsical 2
Whimsical Dark Fantasy 2
Gothic Charm 2
Magical Realism 2
Dark Whimsy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Untitled Tim Burton Animated Film

Producer

Untitled Tim Burton/Kazuo Ishiguro Film

Director

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Producer, Director

2020s

5 titles · average score 71

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

68

as Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited)

Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version

Story

Wednesday

75

TV show · as Parrot

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as (archive footage)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

as (archive footage)

2010s

13 titles · average score 58

Dumbo

52

Executive Producer, Director

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

63

as Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited)

Alice Through the Looking Glass

45

Producer

Big Eyes

68

Director, Producer

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

60

Producer

Frankenweenie

75

Director, Producer

Dark Shadows

51

Director

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

46

Producer

Men in Black 3

64

as Alien on TV Monitors (uncredited)

Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life

Director

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

Producer

Alice in Wonderland

57

Director

2000s

11 titles · average score 70

63

Producer

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

Poem

Roy, The Toxic Boy

Writer

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

79

Director

Sicko

80

Thanks

Cinema16: American Short Films

Director

Corpse Bride

79

Character Designer, Characters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

70

Director

Big Fish

74

Director

Planet of the Apes

46

Director

The World of Stainboy

67

Character Designer, Director

1990s

13 titles · average score 67

Sleepy Hollow

71

Director

Mars Attacks!

58

Producer, Director

James and the Giant Peach

75

Producer

Batman Forever

48

Producer

Ed Wood

81

Producer, Director

Conversations with Vincent

84

Director

Cabin Boy

42

Producer

The Nightmare Before Christmas

85

as Zero (voice) (uncredited)

Batman Returns

73

Producer, Director

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Hoffa

57

as Corpse (uncredited)

Edward Scissorhands

82

Story, Producer

1980s

9 titles · average score 67

Batman

74

Director

Beetlejuice

76

Director

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

62

Director

The Jar

63

Director

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

67

as Thug in Alley (uncredited)

Frankenweenie

71

Idea, Director

Hansel and Gretel

62

Production Design, Director

Vincent

85

Production Design, Screenplay

Luau

46

as The Supreme Being / Mortie

1970s

10 titles · average score 66

Doctor of Doom

45

as Don Carlo

Stalk of the Celery Monster

58

Producer, Writer

The Muppet Movie

80

as Additional Muppet Performer

King and Octopus

Director

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

Animation

1997

Director

Tim's Dreams

Director

The Island of Doctor Agor

83

Director, Writer

Prehistoric Caveman

Director