Coordinates	21°18′50″N158°03′48″N
name	Tim
director	Michael Pate
writer	Michael Pate(screenplay)Colleen McCullough(novel)
starring	Piper LaurieMel GibsonAlwyn KurtsPat Evison
released	1979
runtime	109 minutes
country
language	English
website	}}

''Tim'' is an Australian romantic drama film. Released in 1979, it was written and directed by Michael Pate, based on the 1974 novel by Colleen McCullough.

It is the story of the developing relationship between an older woman named Mary (played by Piper Laurie) and a younger man named Tim (played by Mel Gibson) who has a developmental disability.

The film was one of Mel Gibson's first roles, and was moderately successful in Australia, earning Gibson an Australian Film Institute award for Best Actor. Alwyn Kurts and Pat Evison, who played Tim's parents, also won Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards respectively.

The film was remade for American television as ''Mary and Tim'' in 1996, starring Candice Bergen and Thomas McCarthy in the lead roles.

Box Office

''Tim'' grossed $809,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,163,190 in 2009 dollars.

See also

Cinema of Australia

References

External links

Category:1979 films Category:Australian drama films Category:1970s drama films Category:English-language films

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Coordinates	21°18′50″N158°03′48″N
name	Tim Curry
birth name	Timothy James Curry
birth date	April 19, 1946
birth place	Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK
occupation	Actor, singer, composer
years active	1968–present }}

Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Curry first became known to film audiences with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult movie ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', reprising the role he played in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', then later for his supporting roles as Rooster in the film adaption of ''Annie'' (1982), Lord of Darkness in the film ''Legend'' (1985), Wadsworth in the movie ''Clue'' (1985), as well as a starring role portraying Pennywise the Clown in the horror film ''It'' (1990).

He played Nigel, the father in the Nickelodeon children's TV show ''The Wild Thornberrys''. He originated the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit ''Monty Python's Spamalot''. He is notable for often playing or voicing villainous characters in film.

Early life

Curry's father, James, was a Methodist chaplain in the Royal Navy, and his mother, Patricia, was a school secretary. Curry was born and raised in Cheshire and attended Lymm High School until his father's death in 1958. Curry's family then moved to South London, but Curry himself went to boarding school and attended Kingswood School in Bath. As a child, he developed into a talented boy soprano (treble). Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from Birmingham University with a combined degree in English and drama.

Acting career

''Rocky Horror''

Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical ''Hair'' in 1968, where he first met Richard O'Brien who went on to write Curry's next full-time role, that of Dr. Frank N. Furter in ''The Rocky Horror Show''. Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English mad scientist and transvestite that carried over to the movie version of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.

For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about ''Rocky Horror'', feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. A VH1 Pop-Up Video Halloween special even quoted Curry as saying he grew so unnerved by the fan attention from this role he became "chubby and plain" in order to escape it. However, he has become much more open about discussing the show and now recognizes it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.

Theatre

Shortly after the end of ''Rocky Horror Show'' on Broadway, Curry was back on Broadway with Tom Stoppard's ''Travesties'', which ran in London and New York from 1975 to 1976. ''Travesties'' was a Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards (Best Performance by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy), as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews.

In 1981, Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show ''Amadeus'', playing the title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was nominated for his first Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) for this role, but lost out to his co-star Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews.

In the mid 1980s, Curry performed in ''The Rivals'' (Bob Acres 1983) and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including ''The Threepenny Opera'' (MacHeath 1986), ''Dalliance'' (Theodore 1986), and ''Love For Love'' (Tattle 1985). In 1987/1988, Curry did the national tour of ''Me and My Girl'' as the lead role of 'Bill Snibson', a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay and followed by Jim Dale. In 1989/90, Tim Curry returned once again to the New York stage in ''The Art of Success''. In 1993, Curry played Alan Swann in the Broadway musical version of ''My Favorite Year'', earning him his second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

In 2001, Curry starred as Scrooge in the musical version of ''A Christmas Carol'' that played at Madison Square Garden. In 2004, Curry began his role of King Arthur in ''Spamalot'' in Chicago. The show successfully moved to Broadway in February 2005. The show sold more than $1 million worth of tickets in its first 24 hours. It brought him a third Tony nomination, again for Best Actor in a Musical. Curry reprised this role in London's West End at the Palace Theatre, where ''Spamalot'' opened on 16 October 2006. His final performance came on 6 January 2007. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as the Best Actor in a Musical for the role and also won the Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast by over 12,000 theatregoers) as Best Actor in a Musical.

From May to August 2011, Curry was scheduled to portray The Player in a Trevor Nunn stage production of Tom Stoppard's ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre and then in London. He withdrew from the production on 27 May, citing ill health.

Musical career

Aside from his performances on various soundtrack records, Curry has had some success as a solo musical artist. In 1976, he recorded a 9-song album for Lou Adler's Ode Records which was unreleased in its entirety until February 2010, when it was made available as a legal download (4 tracks from these sessions had been released on a 1990 ''Rocky Horror'' box set). In 1978, A&M; Records released Curry's debut solo album, ''Read My Lips''. The album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genres. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" featuring the Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, "Alan", composed by Canadian singer/songwriter Tony Kosinec.

The following year, Curry released his second and most successful album, ''Fearless''. The LP was more rock-oriented than ''Read My Lips'' and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage".

Curry's third and final album, ''Simplicity'', was released in 1981, again by A&M; Records. This record, which did not sell as well as the previous offerings, combined both original songs and cover versions.

In 1989, A&M; released ''The Best of Tim Curry'' on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously unreleased song, a live cover version of Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate".

Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. He also performed in Roger Waters' (of Pink Floyd fame) 1990 production of The Wall in Berlin, as the prosecutor. Curry's voice also appeared on The Clash's ''Sandinista!'', on the track "Sound of Sinners".

The writing, production and musician roster for Curry's solo albums included an impressive list of collaborators, including Bob Ezrin and David Sanborn.

Real estate career

Apart from his activities as an actor, Curry has also developed several properties in the city of Los Angeles. Among these is a 1926 Mediterranean Italianate Revival estate located on Nottingham Avenue just below Griffith Park Observatory in the neighborhood of Los Feliz.

Filmography

Films and television

Curry's television and film credits are long and varied. A partial list of roles:

"Madman" in a telefilm of John Webster's ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (1972)

Glen in ''Schmoedipus'', a BBC ''Play for Today'' TV episode written by Dennis Potter and directed by Barry Davis (1974)

Dr. Frank N. Furter ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975)

Jerome K. Jerome in the BBC's TV movie ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1975)

Has-been rock star Stevie Streeter in ''Rock Follies of '77'' (1977)

William Shakespeare in a 6-hour British TV series ''Will Shakespeare'' directed by Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights, Peter Wood (1977)

Robert Graves in "The Shout" (1978)

Disc jockey Johnny LaGuardia in ''Times Square'' (1980)

Host of ''Saturday Night Live'' (1981); in one sketch, Curry and Meat Loaf ran a "Rocky Horror" memorabilia store.

Larry Gormley in LWT's TV comedy ''Blue Money'' (1982)

Rooster Hannigan in the musical ''Annie'' (1982)

Lord of Darkness in the film ''Legend'' (1985)

Wadsworth in the film ''Clue'' (1985)

The Grand Wizard in ''The Worst Witch'' (1986)

Pentecostal televangelist in ''Pass the Ammo'' (1988)

Rapacious record producer Winston Newquay in ''Wiseguy'' (1989)

Prince Charles (voice) in episode 27 – "Europe in 30 Minutes" of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' (1990)

The Prosecutor in Roger Waters' 1990 Performance of ''The Wall – Live in Berlin'' (1990)

Pennywise in Stephen King's ''It'' (1990)

Dr. Petrov in ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990)

Dr. Thornton Poole the elocutionist in the film ''Oscar'' (1991)

The Plaza Hotel concierge, Mr. Hector, in ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992)

Mr. Jigsaw in the film ''Loaded Weapon 1'' (1993)

Roger in 2 episodes of ''Roseanne'' (1993)

Cardinal Richelieu in Disney's ''The Three Musketeers'' (1993)

Pa, Ma, and Winoma Brackett in ''Death of Some Salesman'' from ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1993)

Corrupt scientist Farley Claymore in ''The Shadow'' (1994)

Gaal in ''Earth 2'' (1994)

Kilokahn in ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (1994)

Herkermer Homolka, Romanian philanthropist in ''Congo'' (1995) – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor

Long John Silver in ''Muppet Treasure Island'' (1996)

Simon Doonan in the ''Titanic'' miniseries (1996)

Major Vladikov in ''McHale's Navy'' (1997)

Dr. Kao in ''Doom Runners'' (1997)

"Poet Man" in ''Lexx'' (1997) in the episode "Supernova"

''Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas'' (voice of Forte) (1997)

Simon Ferguson in Over the Top (1997)

Gomez Addams in ''Addams Family Reunion'' (1998)

"The Sorcerer" (voice only) in ''The Net'' (1998–1999)

"Jezebel Jack" in ''Pirates of the Plain'' (1999) from the creators of Ernest.

"Edward Whatsett St. John" in ''Jackie's Back!'' (1999)

"Officer Lightoller" in ''The Titanic Chronicles'' (1999)

Roger Corwin in ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000)

Felix in ''Four Dogs Playing Poker'' (2000)

Captain Fitzgerald in ''Lion of Oz'' (2000)

Damien Kemp in ''Sorted'' (2000)

The Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)

Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II in ''Attila'' (2001)

Professor Oldman in ''Scary Movie 2'' (2001)

Harley Dune in ''Wolf Girl'' (sometimes listed as ''Blood Moon'' (2001)

Vet Matthew Hope in ''Ritual'' from the Tales from the Crypt (2001)

Priest in ''The Scoundrel's Wife aka Home Front'' (2002)

Butler Mr. Giles French in the remake of ''Family Affair'' (2002)

Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in the ''Mr. Monk Goes to Jail'' episode of the ''Monk (TV series)'' (2004)

Thurman Rice in ''Kinsey'' (2004)

Marion Finster in ''Will & Grace'' (2004)

Caspar Pennington in ''Bailey's Billion$'' (2005)

Nigel St. Nigel in ''Psych'' second season episode "American Duos" (2007)

Gordon McLoosh in ''Christmas in Wonderland'' (2007)

Coeur De Noir in ''The Secret of Moonacre'' (2008)

Trymon in ''Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic'' (2008)

Lord Greville Boynton in ''Agatha Christie's Poirot: Appointment with Death'' (2008)

Dodo in ''Alice'' (2009)

Signor Brunoni in ''Return to Cranford'' (2010)

Dr. Monroe in ''Burke and Hare'' (2010)

Billy Flynn in ''Criminal Minds'' fifth season episode "Our Darkest Hour" and sixth season episode "The Longest Night"(2010)

Voice acting

From the early 1990s onward, Curry has also become known as a highly acclaimed voice artist. Notable roles include:

Voice of priest on ''The Clash'' "Sound Of The Sinners" song from album ''Sandinista!'' (1981)

The Serpent in "The Creation", an episode of ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible''

Judas Iscariot in "The Easter Story", episode of ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible''

Captain James S. Hook in Fox's ''Peter Pan and the Pirates'' TV series (1990)

Konk in Hanna–Barbera's TV series ''The Pirates of Dark Water'' (1990)

M.A.L., evil sentient computer programme and assistant to Doctor Blight in ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (1990–1993)

Sir Gawain in ''The Legend of Prince Valiant'' (1991–1994)

Taurus Bulba in ''Darkwing Duck'' (1991)

Chief Elder in ''Dinosaurs'' TV series (1992–94)

Hexxus in ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' (1992)

Sharkster in ''Fish Police'' (1992)

S.I.R. – Alien Encounter (Magic Kingdom Attraction) (1995)

King Maximillian Acorn on three episodes of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1993)

Skullmaster in ''Mighty Max'' (1993)

Dr. Maelstrom in ''Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1994)

Kilokahn in ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (1994)

George Herbert Walker "King" Chicken on ''Duckman'' (1994–1997)

Dr. Anton Sevarius in ''Gargoyles'' (1994)

Pretorius in the cartoon series ''The Mask: The Animated Series'' (1995)

Drake in ''The Pebble and the Penguin'' (1995)

Dr. Mystico in ''Freakazoid!'' (1995)

Zimbo in ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' (1996)

Lazlo Gigahurtz in ''Bruno the Kid'' (1996)

Lord Dragaunus in Disney's ''The Mighty Ducks'' TV Series (1996)

Trader Slick in the ''Jumanji'' animated TV series (1996)

Voice of Dr. Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles (TV series) (1996)

Prince Lotor and King Alfor in ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'' (1996)

Nostro the head elf in ''The Story of Santa Claus'' (1996)

Forté in Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas''

The frog in the ''Teen Angel'' episode, "Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog" (1997)

Emperor Nero in the ''Easter Storykeepers'' (1997)

Ben Ravencroft in ''Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost'' (1999)

Rex Pester in ''The Rugrats Movie'' (1998)

The Skull in ''Bartok the Magnificent'' (1999)

King Renard in ''Xyber 9: New Dawn'' (1999)

Leichliter in ''Hey Arnold!'' (1999-2004)

Dr. Neugog in ''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot''

Mutro Botho in ''Batman Beyond''

Slagar the Cruel in the TV series ''Redwall'' based on the books by Brian Jacques

The Goose God in ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' (2001)

Spooky the cat in ''Teacher's Pet'' (2001)

The Mouse King in ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' (2001)

The three musketiers ''Kardinaal Richelieu'' (2002)

Nigel Thornberry in ''The Wild Thornberrys'' (1998–2004), ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' (2002) and ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (2003)

Professor Finbarr Calamitous in several episodes of ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2002, 2004–2006)

Hazzaka in the first episode of ''K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments''

The Cat King in The Cat Returns (English dub) (2005)

General Von Talon in ''Valiant'' (2005)

The Magnificent Rogue on ''Duck Dodgers''

El Malefico in ''¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Malefico''.

Narrator of the ''Lemony Snicket'' audio books

Narrator of the ''Abhorsen Trilogy'' audio books

Ringmaster in ''Loonatics Unleashed'' (2005)

Mr. Salamone in ''Eloise: The Animated Series (2006)

Prince in ''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006)

King Evilo in ''Nick's Evil Ways'' (2006)

Yegor in ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (2007)

Dr. Joseph Chadwick in ''Ben 10: Alien Force'' (2008)

Philippe in ''Barbie and the Three Musketeers'' (2009)

Stubbings and Dr. Lloyd Wexler in ''Phineas and Ferb''

Henchman and Robot Clown in ''Batman: The Animated Series''

The librarian in ''Higglytown Heroes''

The Goblin King in ''Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King''

The Cat King in the English release of ''The Cat Returns'' by Hiroyuki Morita

The ring master Piccadilly in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010)

The Hot Dog Leader in Regular Show

The "Master" Prank Caller in Regular Show

Sonnicula in Bunnicula (2011)

Narrator of ''A Journey to the Center of the Earth'' audio book by Jules Verne

Lord Poltergeist in SpongeBob SquarePants

Curry was cast as the Joker in Warner Brothers' ''Batman: The Animated Series'', and even recorded several episodes worth of dialogue. At the 1993 San Diego Comic-Con, Bruce Timm told a panel audience that Curry could not maintain the Joker voice for long, and would violently cough between takes, so he was replaced by Mark Hamill.

At the end of 2002, Curry served as the narrator in a parody of ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' called "How the You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What" for Nickelodeon as part of their "Merry Nickmas" promotion.

Curry was also cast as the voice of SIR (Simulated Intelligence Robotics) at Walt Disney World's ''Alien Encounter'', which ran from 1995 to 2003.

Games

Melek in ''Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger'' (1994)

Gabriel Knight in ''Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers'' (1993) and ''Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned'' (1999)

Doctor Victor Frankenstein in ''Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster'' (1995)

Count Nefarious in ''Toonstruck'' (1996)

Decanter in ''The Day the World Broke'' (1997)

Stratos, the God of Air in the video game ''Sacrifice'' (2000)

Mastermind in ''Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights'' (2002)

Lemony Snicket in ''Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events'' (2004)

Professor Finbarr Calamitous in ''Nicktoons Unite!'' (2005) and ''Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots'' (2007)

The sailor in ''Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey''

Premier Anatoly Cherdenko in ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' (2008)

Emperor Doviculus in ''Brütal Legend'' (2009) Arl Rendon Howe in ''Dragon Age: Origins'' (2009)

Awards and nominations

1975 Drama Desk Award nomination, Best Actor in a Musical (for playing Dr. Frank N Furter in ''The Rocky Horror Show'')

1981 Tony Award nomination, Best Actor in a Play (for playing the title role in ''Amadeus'')

1981 Drama Desk Award nomination, Best Actor in a Play (for playing the title role in ''Amadeus'')

1991 Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (for playing Captain James S. Hook in ''Peter Pan and the Pirates'')

1993 Tony Award nomination, Best Actor in a Musical (for playing Alan Swann in ''My Favorite Year'')

1994 Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (for a trio of roles in ''Tales from the Crypt'', in an episode entitled ''Death of Some Salesmen'')

1996 Razzie Award nomination, Worst Supporting Actor (for playing Herkermer Homolka in ''Congo'')

1998 Annie Award nomination, Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production (for playing Forté in ''Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas'')

2005 Tony Award nomination, Best Actor in a Musical (for playing King Arthur in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'')

2007 Laurence Olivier Award nomination, Best Actor in a Musical (King Arthur in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'')

2007 Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award as Best Actor in a Musical (King Arthur in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'')

References

External links

Ultimate Video Tribute to Tim Curry Pictorial Tribute

Tim Curry at RockyMusic.org

''Fresh Air'' interview with Tim Curry

Tim Curry ''Downstage Center'' interview at American Theatre Wing

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Coordinates	21°18′50″N158°03′48″N
name	Mike Jittlov
birth date	June 08, 1948
birth place	Los Angeles, California
occupation	special effects animation
website	http://www.wizworld.com/
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Mike Jittlov (born June 8, 1948) is an American animator and the creator of short films and one feature length movie using forms of special effects animation, including stop-motion animation, rotoscoping, and pixilation. He is best known for the 1987 feature-length film ''The Wizard of Speed and Time'', based on his 1979 short film of the same name.

Life

Born in Los Angeles, Jittlov became a math-language major at UCLA. Jittlov took an animation course to satisfy his art requirement. He made a super-8 film, ''The Leap'', enlarged to 16mm to participate in film festivals in the early 70s. Jittlov entered a 16mm film made for his UCLA class, ''Good Grief'', into Academy Awards competition. That short made it to the professional finals for nomination, the first of several of his short films to do so. Afterwards, Jittlov bought his own 16mm movie camera, designed his own multiplane animation system for $200, and began his career.

Some of his other original film shorts, including ''The Interview'', ''Swing Shift'', ''Animato'', and ''Time Tripper'' (released separately and as a collection called ''Animato'') won many top awards and repeat film festival screenings, bringing him to the attention of The Walt Disney Studio. In 1978, Jittlov co-starred on Disney's two-hour TV extravaganza, ''Mickey's 50th'', with the short film ''Mouse Mania'', creating and animating the first stop-motion Mickey Mouse, along with 1,000 other Disney toys marching around a psychiatrist's office. The short is now featured on the Disney DVD ''Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two''. Since Disney did not allow usually individual creators to receive credit on their television productions (preferring a generic thanks to "the many Disney animators who made this possible") Mike put his and partner Deven Cheregino's name on the toys in the final production number, where they couldn't be edited out. In late 1979, he co-starred again on Disney's ''Major Effects'' television special - this time introducing the world to the 500 mph Green "Wizard of Speed and Time" via the short film version. With an improved soundtrack, the short was released to 16mm film collectors in 1980, along with four of his other short films.

Jittlov also created the inaugural short film played on the cable TV Disney Channel. It featured an animated satellite shaped like Mickey Mouse's head, which was later reproduced for the special features of the DVD version of Disney's 1937 film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. The Mickey Satellite film played to park-goers waiting in line at Space Mountain for years, and is still shown to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts employees during orientation. The prop was also used in a scene in ''The Wizard of Speed and Time''.

Jittlov is best known for his feature movie ''The Wizard of Speed and Time'', which he directed and starred in. The movie did poorly in theatres but has established a cult following since its release on videotape and laserdisk.

He later worked as a special effects technician on the movie ''Ghost'' and in fan films including ''Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline''.

Jittlov distinguishes himself in terms of appearance at science fiction conventions by wearing his traditional green jacket and green shoes like the ones seen in ''The Wizard of Speed and Time''. He was an early Internet user, with his own website, and frequent poster to his own Usenet group, alt.fan.mike-jittlov. He is also a prolific practitioner of origami.

References

External links

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Coordinates	21°18′50″N158°03′48″N
Name	Neil Finn
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Cornelius Mullane Finn
Alias	Neil Finn
Born	May 27, 1958Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, keyboards, bass guitar, drums
Genre	Pop, rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1976–present
Label	Columbia
Associated acts	After Hours, Split Enz, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, The Mullanes, Flight of the Conchords, 7 Worlds Collide, Pajama Club
Website	}}

Neil (christened Cornelius) Mullane Finn, OBE (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House. He has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide projects.

Finn rose to prominence in the late 1970s after replacing singer songwriter Phil Judd in his brother Tim Finn's band Split Enz. With the group, Finn wrote the hits "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", "I Got You" and "Message to My Girl", among others. Finn rose from prominence to international fame after Split Enz broke up in 1984. While his brother Tim Finn left for England, Neil was the founder of Crowded House with Split Enz's final drummer Paul Hester in 1985. The group achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single "Don't Dream It's Over" written by Neil. He ended Crowded House in 1996 to embark upon what was to become a moderately successful solo career, and has released two albums with his brother Tim under the title the Finn Brothers. In 2006, following the death of Hester, Finn reformed Crowded House (adding Beck's former drummer Matt Sherrod) and released the first studio album in over thirteen years, ''Time on Earth'', and the band began a world tour. In 2010, Finn commenced another world tour with Crowded House in support of their 2010 release, ''Intriguer''.

Biography

Early years / Split Enz

Born Cornelius Mullane Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, Neil later stated, "I was christened Cornelius, and dropped it at an early age thinking it was a bit corny", in an interview with Australian television host Andrew Denton in 1995. He attended Sacred Heart boarding school and Te Awamutu College. He decided to become a musician at the age of 12 and throughout his school years performed in prisons and hospitals as well as at home gatherings.

Neil finished school in 1975. A year later he formed a group known as After Hours with Mark Hough, Geoff Chunn and Alan Brown. Not long after the band's debut performance, Neil was invited to London to join Split Enz, the band formed by his elder brother Tim. By 1980, he was sharing lead singer duties. He wrote their first international hit "I Got You" and contributed significantly to all their later albums, even briefly assuming leadership of the band after Tim left in 1984, soon before its breakup.

Crowded House

After the breakup of Split Enz in 1984. Finn formed a new band called The Mullanes (Mullane being both his middle name and his mother's maiden name) with Split Enz drummer Paul Hester, guitarist Craig Hooper of The Reels and bassist Nick Seymour (younger brother of Hunters & Collectors leader Mark Seymour), whom Neil had met on the final Split Enz tour. Hooper left just before they recorded their first album, at which time the band was renamed Crowded House, inspired by the rental home they shared while recording in Los Angeles.

Crowded House went on to enormous success worldwide, in particular with two major hits: "Don't Dream It's Over" (US #2, 1987) and "Weather With You" (UK #7, 1992). Both Neil and his brother Tim were invested as Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to New Zealand music in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours List. After releasing four albums, ''Crowded House'', ''Temple of Low Men'', ''Woodface'', and ''Together Alone'', the group broke up in 1996, and followed this action by releasing a greatest hits album ''Recurring Dream''. Following this, Neil went solo. Later the album ''Afterglow'' was released, which contained Crowded House tracks not previously found on any of the band's albums.

In January 2007, it was announced that Crowded House were reforming with Neil, Nick Seymour, Mark Hart and new drummer Matt Sherrod (following the suicide of Paul Hester in 2005). The group's new album ''Time on Earth'' was released in June 2007; in the pre-release build up, they headlined a show at Coachella in April 2007, then commenced a world tour. In March 2009, Neil joined brother Tim on stage with son Liam Finn at Melbourne's charity Sound Relief concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in support of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.

Solo work

Finn has recorded two solo albums to date: ''Try Whistling This'' (1998) and ''One Nil'' (2001). (''One Nil'' was released in the US and Canada – remixed, reordered and renamed ''One All'' – in 2002.) In addition, he and brother Tim have collaborated on two Finn Brothers albums, ''Finn'' (1995) and ''Everyone Is Here (2004).''

In 2001, he released a live album/DVD (''7 Worlds Collide'') consisting of songs recorded at St James Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand with the likes of Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway (Radiohead), Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Paul Jeffrey, Tim Finn, and Betchadupa. Finn was additionally heavily involved in creating the 2001 soundtrack for the motion picture ''Rain''.

Finn has contributed solo music to various film and TV soundtracks including ''Rain'', ''Boston Legal'', ''Boston Public'', ''The Waiting Game'', ''Antz'', and ''Sports Night''.

Collaborations

The Dixie Chicks release ''Taking The Long Way'' has a song co-written with Finn, entitled "Silent House". It deals with people suffering from Alzheimers disease, slowly finding that familiar faces and items long cherished are slipping away from their memory. Neil Finn was also featured as a backing vocalist on the Sheryl Crow song, "Everyday is a Winding Road" from her self-titled second album, released in 1997. He also produced the song "Greenstone" from Emma Paki's debut album "Oxygen Of Love". Finn has also produced and recorded with various New Zealand acts such as Bic Runga, The Mutton Birds and Dave Dobbyn.

In 2006, Neil and Tim Finn were both honoured by a slew of women re-recording and re-interpreting a selection of their songs with the album ''She Will Have Her Way'' which featured artists performing Neil Finn's songs such as Kasey Chambers, Clare Bowditch, Boh Runga with her band Stellar*, Renée Geyer, Brooke Fraser, Holly Throsby, Sarah Blasko, Amiel and Natalie Imbruglia.

Neil played solo at New Zealand WOMAD 2008 festival, filling in at short notice for another performer who had become unwell.

In December 2008 several of the ''7 Worlds Collide'' lineup reconvened in Auckland, New Zealand to record The Sun Came Out, a charity album for Oxfam to be released 29 September 2009. It was recorded in Finn's own Roundhead Studios and will feature all-new material, with singing and songwriting contributions divided amongst the group. Most of the original members of Crowded House have returned, along with several new additions including Jeff Tweedy and three other members of Wilco, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, and notable New Zealand songwriters Don McGlashan and Bic Runga. As in 2001 the group gave a series of live performances, though at three nights the run was shorter and the venue was more intimate.

Finn had a cameo appearance acting role on the BBC Radio Show ''Flight of the Conchords''.

Finn appeared on fellow musician Missy Higgins' CD, ''On a Clear Night'' (2007). He played electric guitar for the song "Peachy", and sang backing vocals on "Going North".

Charity work

In 1986 Finn performed with ''The Rock Party'' a charity project initiated by The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NCADA), which included many Australasian musicians such as Reg Mombassa from Mental As Anything, Eddie Rayner, Tim Finn, Nick Seymour and Paul Hester of Crowded House, Geoff Stapleton, Mark Callaghan and Robbie James of GANGgajang, Mary Azzopardi of Rockmelons, Andrew Barnum of The Vitabeats, Lissa Barnum, Michael Barclay, Peter Blakely, Deborah Conway, Jenny Morris, Danny De Costa, Greg Herbert (The Promise), Spencer P Jones, Sean Kelly (Models), John Kennedy, Paul Kelly, Martin Plaza (Mental as Anything), Robert Susz (Dynamic Hepnotics) and Rick Swinn (The Venetians). The Rock Party released a 12" single "Everything To Live For", which was produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger and Phil Beazley.

In February 2007, Neil Finn performed with his son Elroy and Jimmy Barnes at a charity benefit concert for cerebral palsy. The event was held at the Roxburgh Hall, Stowe School, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, UK. The benefit was in aid of he UK charity Scope (formerly "The Spastics Society"), England's largest charity working for people living with cerebral palsy and their families.

Personal life

Finn married Sharon Dawn Johnson, on 13 February 1982. The song "I Love You Dawn", available on ''Afterglow'' (an album of unreleased Crowded House tracks and B-sides) was penned in her honour. Sharon creates chandeliers in her workshop in Auckland, many of which featured on stage in the 2004–05 tours promoting the ''Everyone Is Here'' album. She has appeared on backing vocals on various albums such as ''Crowded House'' and Alex Lloyd's ''Watching Angels Mend'' She also features prominently on the new 7 Worlds Collide project, co-writing (and sharing lead vocal) the track 'Little By Little' with her husband and sings on the track 'Isolation' on the new Crowded House album, Intriguer.

They have two sons, Liam Mullane Finn (born 1983) (Split Enz's "Our Day" was written about his birth) and Elroy Timothy Finn (born 1989). Both sons are multi-instrumentalists, like their father, and often perform alongside him on tour and in the recording studio. Liam had his own band, Betchadupa, originally based in Auckland, then London before releasing a solo album, ''I'll Be Lightning'' in 2008. He also plays in Crowded House's touring band lineup. Elroy Finn is also following in his father and brother's musical footsteps as drummer for the psychobilly band The Tricks and has been filling in on drums for Cut Off Your Hands.

Recent work

Both Tim and Neil Finn share the stage and have released an album under the name The Finn Brothers. They have also performed with Neil Finn's son Liam Finn.

Neil Finn solo discography

''This discography relates to solo releases by Neil Finn only. See Split Enz discography, Crowded House discography and The Finn Brothers' discography for other related works.''

Albums

{| cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 border=0 style="text-align:center;" |- style="background:#daa; width:800em; text-align:center; text-size:14px;" ! style="width:150em;"| Album ! style="width:400em;"|Release ! style="width:100em;"|Charts ! style="width:150em;"|Singles |- style="background:#efefdd;" |bgcolor="" align=center width=110| ''Try Whistling This'' |align=left| 1998

Debut studio release

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#1 (AUS)

#1 (NZ)

#5 (UK)

#18 (NOR)

#88 (NL)

#19 (US Heat)

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"Sinner"

"She Will Have Her Way"

"Last One Standing"

|- style="background:#dedecc;" |align=center width=110 bgcolor=""| ''Sessions at West 54th'' |align=left| 2000

Part of the US television series Sessions at West 54th.

| style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|   | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|   |- style="background:#efefdd;" |align=center width=110 bgcolor=""| ''One Nil'' |align=left| 2001

Second studio release

Released with the title ''One All'' in the United States in 2002.

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#1 (NZ)

#9 (AUS)

#14 (UK)

#26 (US Heat)

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|

"Rest of the Day Off"

"Wherever You Are"

"Last to Know"

"Hole In the Ice"

|- style="background:#dedecc;" |align=center width=110 bgcolor=""| ''7 Worlds Collide'' |align=left| 2001 Features guest musicians including Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg, Johnny Marr, Tim Finn, Betchadupa and New Zealand originated musicians and members of UK band Radiohead. | style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|

#5 (NZ)

#140 (UK)

#45 (US Heat)

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|

"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"

|- style="background:#efefdd;" |align=center width=110 bgcolor=""| ''The Sun Came Out'' |align=left| 2009 Features guest musicians including Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg, Johnny Marr, Tim Finn, Liam Finn, Elroy Finn, Sharon Finn, Ed O'Brien & Phil Selway of Radiohead, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche & Pat Sansone of Wilco, KT Tunstall, Bic Runga, Don McGlashan, Nile Marr, Spencer Tweedy. | style="text-align:left; font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em;"|

#2 (NZ)

#39 (AUS)

#58 (UK)

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Singles

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Other contributions

As performer

''Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted'' (2002, World Café) – "Driving Me Mad"

''107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10'' (2002) – "Private Universe"

''Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge'' (2000) – "Billie Jean"

''Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge V.2: Even More Challenged'' (2001) – "Sexual Healing"

''Through Space To Your Place'' (2001) – "Norwegian Wood"

''Maybe This Christmas'' (2002) – "Sweet Secret Peace"

''Antz Soundtrack'' (1998) – "I Can See Clearly Now"

As producer

"No Commotion" (1983, single) - Karen Ansell

''Greenstone'' (1994, album) - Emma Paki

''Twist'' (1994, album) - Dave Dobbyn

''Nature'' (1995, album) - The Mutton Birds

''Moana and The Moahunters'' (1998, album) - Moana and The Moahunters

''Brand New'' (1999, album) (as executive producer) - The Stereo Bus

''Soul Lost Companion'' (1999, album) - Mark Lizotte

As session musician

''Just Drove Thru Town'' (1979, album) - Citizen Band

''Sing'' (1984, album) - Big Choir

"Everything To Live For" (1986, maxi-single) - The Rock Party

''Rikki & Pete'' (1988, soundtrack)

References

Chunn, Mike, ''Stranger Than Fiction: The Life and Times of Split Enz'', GP Publications, 1992. ISBN 1-86956-050-7

Bourke, Chris, ''Something So Strong'', Macmillan Australia, 1997, ISBN 0-7329-0886-8

Twomey, Chris & Doole, Kerry, ''Crowded House: Private Universe'', Omnibus Pr, 1998, ISBN 0-7119-4816-X

Dix, John, ''Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock and Roll, 1955 to the Modern Era'', Penguin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-14-301953-8

External links

Neil Finn on Myspace.com

Neil Finn: Songwriter

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Coordinates	21°18′50″N158°03′48″N
name	Tim Burton
birth name	Timothy Walter Burton
birth date	August 25, 1958
birth place	Burbank, California, U.S.
residence	London, England
alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
occupation	Film director, film producer, writer, artist
years active	1982–present
notable works	''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', ''Beetlejuice'', ''Batman'', ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', ''Corpse Bride'', ''Big Fish'', ''Edward Scissorhands''
influences	Edgar Allan Poe, Stanley Kubrick, Christopher Lee, Wes Craven, Vincent Price, Ray Harryhausen, Roger Corman, Alan Moore, Ed Wood, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Edward Gorey
influenced	Shane Acker, Zack Snyder, Len Wiseman, Daniel Knauf, David Slade, Joss Whedon
spouse	Lena Gieseke (1989–1993)
partner	Lisa Marie (1993–2001) Helena Bonham Carter (2001–present)
children	Billy Ray Burton Nell Burton
parents	Bill Burton Jean Burton (''née'' Erickson)
awards	See below
website
footnotes	}}

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as ''Beetlejuice'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', ''Ed Wood'', ''Sleepy Hollow'', ''Corpse Bride'' and ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', and for blockbusters such as ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', ''Batman'', ''Batman Returns'', ''Planet of the Apes'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'', his most recent film, that was the second highest-grossing film of 2010 as well as the ninth highest-grossing film of all time. Among Burton's many collaborators are Johnny Depp, who became a close friend since their first film together, musician Danny Elfman (who has composed for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced) and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter. He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'', published in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings, entitled ''The Art of Tim Burton'', was released in 2009.

Burton has directed 14 films as of 2010, and has produced 10 as of 2009. His next films are an adaptation of the soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', scheduled to be released on May 11, 2012, and a remake of his 1984 short, ''Frankenweenie'', scheduled to be released on October 5, 2012.

Early life

Burton was born in 1958, in the city of Burbank, California, to Jean Burton (''née'' Erickson), the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, and Bill Burton, a former minor league baseball player who would later work for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. As a young man, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound. (One of his most famous juvenile films is ''The Island of Doctor Agor'', that he made when he was 13 years old.) Burton studied at the Burbank High School, but he was not a particularly good student. He was a very introspective person, and found his pleasure in painting, drawing and watching movies. His future work would be heavily influenced by the works by Edgar Allan Poe he read, and the horror and science fiction films he watched, such as ''Godzilla'', the films made by Hammer Film Productions, the works of Ray Harryhausen and Vincent Price.

After graduating from Burbank High School with Jeff Riekenberg, Burton attended the California Institute of the Arts to study character animation. Some of his classmates were John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker and Henry Selick. (In the future, Selick and Burton would work together in ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' and ''James and the Giant Peach''.)

As a student in CalArts, Burton made the shorts ''Stalk of the Celery Monster'' and ''King and Octopus''. They remain only in fragments today.

Early career: 1980s

Burton graduated from CalArts in 1979. The success of his short film ''Stalk of the Celery Monster'' attracted the attention of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, who offered young Burton an animator's apprenticeship at their studio. He worked as an animator, storyboard artist and conceptual artist in films such as ''The Fox and the Hound'', ''The Black Cauldron'' and ''Tron''. However, Burton's personal style clashed with Disney's own standards, and he longed to work on solo projects.

While at Disney in 1982, Burton made his first short, ''Vincent'', a six minute black and white stop motion film based on a poem written by the filmmaker, and depicting a young boy who fantasizes that he is his (and Burton's) hero Vincent Price, with Price himself providing narration. The film was produced by Rick Heinrichs, whom Burton had befriended while working in the concept art department at Disney. The film was shown at the Chicago Film Festival and released, alongside the teen drama ''Tex'', for two weeks in one Los Angeles cinema. This was followed by Burton's first live-action production ''Hansel and Gretel'', a Japanese-themed adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale for the Disney Channel, which climaxes in a kung-fu fight between Hansel and Gretel and the witch. Having aired once at 10:30 pm on Halloween 1983 and promptly shelved, prints of the film are extremely difficult to locate, which contributes to the rumor that this project does not exist. (In 2009, the short went on display in the Museum of Modern Art.)

Burton's next live-action short, ''Frankenweenie'', was released in 1984. It tells the story of a young boy who tries to revive his dog after it is run over by a car. Filmed in black-and-white, it stars Barret Oliver, Shelley Duvall (with whom he would work again in 1986, directing an episode of her ''Faerie Tale Theatre'') and Daniel Stern. After ''Frankenweenie'' was completed, Disney fired Burton, under the pretext of him spending the company's resources on doing a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see.

Pursuing then an opportunity to make a full-length film, he was approached by Griffin Dunne to direct the black comedy film ''After Hours''. However, after Martin Scorsese's project ''The Last Temptation of Christ'' was cancelled, he showed an interest on directing it, and Burton bowed out in respect for Scorsese.

''Pee-wee's Big Adventure''

Not long after, actor Paul Reubens saw ''Frankenweenie'' and chose Burton to direct the cinematic spin-off of his popular character Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee Herman gained mainstream popularity with a successful stage show at the Roxy which was later turned into an HBO special. The film, ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985), was made on a budget of $8 million and grossed more than $40 million at the box office. Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group Oingo Boingo, asked songwriter Danny Elfman to provide the music for the film. Since then, Elfman has provided the score for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced, those exceptions being ''Cabin Boy'', ''Ed Wood'', ''James and the Giant Peach'', ''Batman Forever'' and ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''.

''Beetlejuice''

After directing episodes for the revitalized TV series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and Shelley Duvall's ''Faerie Tale Theatre'', Burton received his next big project: ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), a supernatural comedy horror about a young couple forced to cope with life after death, as well as a family of pretentious yuppies invading their treasured New England home including their teenage daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) whose obsession with death allows her to see them. Starring Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, and featuring Michael Keaton as the obnoxious bio-exorcist Betelgeuse, the film grossed $80 million on a relatively low budget and won a Best Makeup Design Oscar. It would be converted into a cartoon of the same name, with Burton playing a role as executive producer, that ran on ABC and later Fox.

''Batman''

Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives, and he received his first big budget film, ''Batman''. The production was plagued with problems. Burton repeatedly clashed with the film's producers, Jon Peters and Peter Guber, but the most notable debacle involved casting. For the title role, Burton chose to cast Michael Keaton as Batman following their previous collaboration in ''Beetlejuice'', despite Keaton's average physique, inexperience with action films, and reputation as a comic actor. Although Burton won in the end, the furor over the casting provoked enormous fan animosity, to the extent that Warner Brothers' share price slumped. Burton had considered it ridiculous to cast a bulked-up he-man as Batman, insisting that the Caped Crusader should be an ordinary (albeit fabulously wealthy) man who dressed up in an elaborate bat costume to frighten criminals. Burton cast Jack Nicholson as The Joker (Tim Curry being his second choice) in a move that helped assuage fans' fears, as well as attracting older audiences not as interested in a superhero film.

When the film opened in June 1989, it was backed by the biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time, and became one of the biggest box office hits of all time, grossing well over US$250 million in the U.S. alone and $400 million worldwide (numbers not adjusted for inflation) and earning critical acclaim for the performances of both Keaton and Nicholson, as well as the film's production aspects, which won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The success of the film helped establish Burton as a profitable director, and it also proved to be a huge influence on future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism of Richard Donner's ''Superman'' for a grimmer, more realistic look and characters with more psychological depth. It also became a major inspiration for the successful 1990s cartoon ''Batman: The Animated Series'', in as much as the darkness of the picture and its sequel allowed for a darker Batman on television.

Burton claimed that ''The Killing Joke'' was a major influence on his film adaptation of ''Batman'':

"I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and The Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan—and I think it started when I was a child—is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read. I don't know if it was dyslexia or whatever, but that's why I loved ''The Killing Joke'', because for the first time I could tell which one to read. It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've ever loved. And the success of those graphic novels made our ideas more acceptable."

1990s

''Edward Scissorhands''

In 1990, Burton co-wrote (with Caroline Thompson) and directed ''Edward Scissorhands'', re-uniting with Winona Ryder from ''Beetlejuice''. His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series ''21 Jump Street'', was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor (played by Vincent Price in one of his last screen appearances). Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely death of his creator. Set in suburbia (the film was shot in Lutz, Florida), the film is largely seen as Burton's autobiography of his own childhood in the suburb of Burbank. Price at one point is said to have remarked, "Tim is Edward." Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury's book, ''Burton on Burton'', regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film. ''Edward'' is considered Burton's best movie by many critics. Following this collaboration with Burton, Depp starred in ''Ed Wood'', ''Sleepy Hollow'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Corpse Bride'', ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', ''Alice in Wonderland'' and ''Dark Shadows''.

In 2004, Matthew Bourne came to Burton with the idea to turn the story of Edward into a ballet. In 2005, the ballet first aired. It has now toured the UK, the U.S., Canada, Australia and parts of Europe.

''Batman Returns''

The day Warner Brothers had declined to make the more personal ''Scissorhands'' even after the success of ''Batman'', Burton finally agreed to direct the sequel for Warner Brothers on the condition that he would be granted total control. The result was ''Batman Returns'' which featured Michael Keaton returning as the Dark Knight, and a new triad of villains: Danny DeVito (as the Penguin), Michelle Pfeiffer (as Catwoman) and Christopher Walken as Max Shreck, an evil corporate tycoon and original character created for the film (similar to ''Superman III's'' Ross Webster). Darker and considerably more personal than its predecessor, concerns were raised that the film was too scary for children. Audiences were even more uncomfortable at the film's overt sexuality, personified by the sleek, fetish-inspired styling of Catwoman's costume. One critic remarked, "too many villains spoiled the Batman", highlighting Burton's decision to focus the storyline more on the villains instead of Batman. The film also polarized the fanbase, with some loving the darkness and quirkiness, while others felt it was not true to the core aspects of the source material. Burton made many changes to the Penguin which would be applied to the Penguin in both comics and television. While in the comics, he was an ordinary man, Burton created a freak of nature resembling a penguin with webbed, flipper-like fingers, a hooked, beak-like nose, and a penguin-like body. Released in 1992, ''Batman Returns'' grossed $282.8 million worldwide, making it another financial success, though not to the extent of its predecessor. This would also be the last ''Batman'' film to feature Burton and Keaton as director and lead actor respectively. Paul Reubens a.k.a. Pee-Wee from ''Pee-Wee's Big Adventure'' has a cameo as the Penguin's father.

''The Nightmare Before Christmas''

Next, Burton wrote and produced (but did not direct, due to schedule constraints on ''Batman Returns'') ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), originally meant to be a children's book in rhyme. The film was directed by Henry Selick and written by Michael McDowell and Caroline Thompson, based on Burton's original story, world and characters. The film received positive reviews for the film's stop motion animation, musical score and original storyline and was a box office success, grossing $50 million. Burton collaborated with Selick again for ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), which Burton co-produced. The movie helped to generate a renewed interest in stop-motion animation.

A deleted scene from ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' features a group of vampires playing hockey on the frozen pond with the decapitated head of Burton. The head was replaced by a jack-o'-lantern in the final version.

''Cabin Boy''

In 1994, Burton and frequent co-producer Denise Di Novi produced the 1994 fantasy-comedy ''Cabin Boy'', starring comedian Chris Elliott and directed/written by Adam Resnick. Burton was originally supposed to direct the film after seeing Elliott perform on ''Get a Life'', but handed the directing responsibility to Resnick once he was offered ''Ed Wood''. The film was almost entirely panned by critics, even earning Chris Elliott a 1995 Razzie Award for "Worst New Star". The film also has a 45% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

''Ed Wood''

His next film, ''Ed Wood'' (1994), was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of Ed Wood, a filmmaker sometimes called "the worst director of all time". Starring Johnny Depp in the title role, the film is an homage to the low-budget science fiction and horror films of Burton's childhood, and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity. Owing to creative squabbles during the making of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', Danny Elfman declined to score ''Ed Wood'', and the assignment went to Howard Shore. While a commercial failure at the time of its release, ''Ed Wood'' was well received by critics. Martin Landau received an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Béla Lugosi. Gene Siskel once said that two films, Ed Wood and Citizen Kane, be mandatory films to see in film classes.

''Batman Forever''

Despite his intention to still lead the ''Batman'' franchise, Warner Bros. considered ''Batman Returns'' too dark and unsafe for children. To attract the young audience, it was decided that Joel Schumacher, who had directed films like ''The Client'', lead the third film, while Burton would only produce it in conjunction with Peter McGregor-Scott. Following this change and the changes made by the new director, Michael Keaton resigned from the lead role and was succeeded by Val Kilmer. Filming began in late 1994 and recognized with new actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell and Jim Carrey; the only two actors who returned were Pat Hingle and Michael Gough. The film, a mixture of darkness that characterized the saga with colors and neon signs proposed by Schumacher, was a huge box office success of $336 million, despite controversy over the characters and plot. Despite their friendship, Burton often disagreed with Schumacher's decisions, especially in the filming of several scenes which were removed from the final cut (later added as deleted scenes on the 2005 DVD release). Warner Bros. demanded Schumacher delete those scenes so the film did not have the same tone as its predecessor ''Batman Returns''. According to an interview with Janet Scott Batchler, Tim Burton's only involvement as producer with ''Batman Forever'' was approving Joel Schumacher as director and Lee and Janet Scott Batchler as the writers. Burton did not contribute story ideas and the Riddler was not considered for the villain until Schumacher and the Batchlers were at the development stage. Schumacher was rehired to lead another sequel, the infamous ''Batman & Robin'', in which Burton, for unknown reasons, did not participate.

''James and the Giant Peach''

In 1996, Burton and Selick reunited for the musical fantasy ''James and the Giant Peach'', based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film starred Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Simon Callow and Jane Leeves among others, with Burton producing and Selick directing. The film was mostly praised by critics, and was nominated for the Academy Award Best Music, Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (by Randy Newman).

''Mars Attacks!''

Elfman and Burton reunited for ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996). Based on a popular science fiction trading card series, the film was a hybrid of 1950s science fiction and 1970s all-star disaster films. Coincidence made it an inadvertent spoof of the blockbuster, ''Independence Day'', made around the same time and released five months earlier. Although the film boasted an all-star cast, including Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Rod Steiger and Jack Black, the film received mixed reviews by American critics and was mostly ignored by American audiences. It was more successful elsewhere.

''Sleepy Hollow''

''Sleepy Hollow'', released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and another offbeat performance by Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, now a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. With ''Hollow'', Burton paid homage to the horror movies of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles (Michael Gough, Jeffrey Jones and Christopher Walken, among others) and Christina Ricci was cast as Katrina van Tassel. Mostly well-received by critics, and with a special mention to Elfman's Gothic score, the film won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as well as two BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. A box office success, ''Sleepy Hollow'' was also a turning point for Burton. Along with change in his personal life (separation from actress Lisa Marie), Burton changed radically in style for his next project, leaving the haunted forests and colorful outcasts behind to go on to directing ''Planet of the Apes'' which, as Burton had repeatedly noted, was "not a remake" of the earlier film.

2000s

''Planet of the Apes''

''Planet of the Apes'' was a commercial success, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend. The film has received mixed reviews and is widely considered inferior to the first adaptation of the novel. One criticism was that the movie went for a more watered down "popcorn" feel than the dark, cerebral and nihilistic tone of the 1968 film. The film was a significant departure from Burton's usual style, and there was much subsequent debate about whether the film was really Burton's, or if he was just a "hired gun" who did what he was asked. Burton reportedly clashed with the studio during the whole making of the film, once going as far as abruptly leaving the set for the day. There were also many reports about last minute changes in the movie. The movie enjoyed commercial success and had an ending that clearly suggested the possibility of a sequel, but neither the studio nor Burton gave indications of making another ''Apes'' movie (which later became ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes''). The ending was also closer to that of the novel. During the making of the film, Burton met actress Helena Bonham Carter, who would later become his long-term domestic partner.

''Big Fish''

In 2003, Burton directed ''Big Fish'', based on the novel ''Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions'' by Daniel Wallace. The film is about a father telling the story of his life to his son using exaggeration and color. Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Bloom and Albert Finney as an older Edward Bloom, the film also stars Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard. ''Big Fish'' received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Academy Award nomination for the musical score by Danny Elfman. ''Big Fish'' was also the second collaboration with Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, who played the characters of Jenny and the Witch.

''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''

''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005) is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically.

''Corpse Bride''

''Corpse Bride'' (2005) was Burton's first full-length stop-motion film as a director, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp as Victor and Helena Bonham Carter (for whom the project was specifically created) as Emily in the lead roles. In this movie, Burton was able again to use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as the complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds.

"Bones"

"Bones" (2006) is the only music video Burton has directed to date. The song "Bones" is the third single from The Killers, off of their second studio album, ''Sam's Town''. Starring in this video were actors Michael Steger and Devon Aoki. There are various scenes from films like ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'', ''Jason and the Argonauts'' and ''Lolita''.

The band, as well as Steger and Aoki, change into partial skeletons through out the video, and everyone is a skeleton by the end of the video. At the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards it won the award for Best Video.

''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''

The DreamWorks/Warner Bros. production was released on December 21, 2007. Burton's work on ''Sweeney Todd'' won the National Board of Review Award for best director and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction. Helena Bonham Carter won an Evening Standard British Film Award for her portrayal of Mrs. Lovett, as well as a Golden Globe nomination. The film is a devastating blend of explicit gore and Broadway tunes. Johnny Depp was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the role of Sweeney Todd. Depp won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, as well as the award for Best Villain as Todd in the 2008 MTV Awards.

''9''

In 2005, filmmaker Shane Acker released his short film ''9'', a story about a sentient rag doll living in a post-apocalyptic world who tries to stop machines from destroying the rest of his eight fellow rag dolls. The film won numerous awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. After seeing the short film, Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, director of ''Wanted'', showed interest in producing a feature-length adaptation of the film. Also directed by Acker, the film was written by Acker (story) & Pamela Pettler (screenplay, co-writer of ''Corpse Bride'') and starred Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly and Christopher Plummer, among others. This was Burton's first animated movie aside from his stop-motion films.

2010s

''Alice in Wonderland''

In Burton's version, the story is set 13 years after the original Lewis Carroll tales. Mia Wasikowska, who featured in the HBO series ''In Treatment'' and ''Defiance'', was cast as Alice. The original start date was May 2008. Torpoint and Plymouth were the locations used for filming from September 1 – October 14, and the film remains set in the Victorian era. During this time, filming took place in Antony House in Torpoint. 250 local extras were chosen in early August. Other production work took place in London. The film was originally to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010. Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter, Matt Lucas, star of ''Little Britain'', is both Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Helena Bonham Carter portrays Red Queen, Stephen Fry is the Cheshire Cat, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Alan Rickman as Absolem the Caterpillar, Michael Sheen as McTwisp the White Rabbit and Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts.

Tim Burton appeared at the 2009 Comic-Con in San Diego, California, to promote both ''9'' and ''Alice in Wonderland''. When asked about the filmmaking process by an attendee, he mentioned his "imaginary friend" who helps him out, prompting Johnny Depp to walk on stage to the applause of the audience.

''Dark Shadows''

''Dark Shadows'' is the next Tim Burton film to once again star Johnny Depp in the leading role. This movie is based on the original ''Dark Shadows'' soap opera. A few more members of the cast have been announced such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Thomas McDonell, Gulliver McGrath and Chloë Moretz. The filming began in April 2011 and is expected to be released sometime in 2012. Danny Elfman will compose and conduct the score and soundtrack for the film, and Colleen Atwood will be the costume designer.

"Tim Burton" at Museum of Modern Art

From November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010, Burton had a retrospective at the MoMA in New York with over 700 "drawings, paintings, photographs, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera," including many from the filmmaker's personal collection. The show also includes amateur and student films, music videos, commercials, and digital slide shows, as well as a complete set of features and shorts.

"Tim Burton" at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

From MoMA, the "Tim Burton" exhibition will travel directly to Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne. Running from June 24 to October 10, 2010, the ACMI exhibition will incorporate additional material from Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'', which was released in March.

"Tim Burton" at the TIFF Bell Lightbox

The exhibition was displayed at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from November 26, 2010 to April 17, 2011. It was accompanied by several personal appearances by Burton as well as a retrospective of his films.

"Tim Burton" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

"The Art of Tim Burton" is now being exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It will last from May 29 to October 31, 2011.

Future projects

Burton is remaking his 1984 short film ''Frankenweenie'' as a feature length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is set to be released on October 5, 2012. He is also set to direct a film adaptation based on the television series ''Dark Shadows''. Johnny Depp will portray Barnabas Collins as well as co-produce the film, and Seth Grahame-Smith is currently writing the script. However, ''Dark Shadows'' will be pushed back due to Depp and Burton's commitments to other projects. During Comic-Con 2009, Burton confirmed that ''Dark Shadows'' will be his next film.

On January 19, 2010, it was announced that after ''Dark Shadows'', Burton's next project would be a ''Wicked''-like film that showed the origin and the past of ''Sleeping Beauty''s antagonist Maleficent. In an interview with Fandango published February 23, 2010, however, he denied he was directing any upcoming ''Sleeping Beauty'' movie. However, on November 23, 2010, in an interview with MTV, Burton confirmed that he was indeed putting together a script for ''Maleficent''. It was announced in ''The Hollywood Reporter'' on May 16, 2011 that Burton is no longer attached to ''Maleficent''.

Burton will also co-produce ''Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' with Timur Bekmambetov, who will also serve as director. The film is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, also author of ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'', who also wrote the film's screenplay. It has also been reported that Burton will be directing a 3-D stop-motion animation adaptation of ''The Addams Family'', which was confirmed by Christopher Meledandri. On July 19, 2010, he was announced as the director of the upcoming film adaptation of ''Monsterpocalypse''.

Personal life

Burton was married to Lena Gieseke, a German-born artist, for two years, whom he left to live with model and actress Lisa Marie; she acted in the films he made during their relationship from 1992 to 2001, most notably in ''Ed Wood'' and ''Mars Attacks!'' After leaving her, Burton then developed a romantic liaison with Helena Bonham Carter, whom he met while filming ''Planet of the Apes''. Lisa Marie responded in 2005 by holding an auction of personal belongings that Burton had left behind, much to his dismay.

Burton and Bonham Carter have two children: Billy Ray, born October 4, 2003; and Nell, born December 15, 2007. Close friend Johnny Depp is a godfather of Burton's son. In ''Burton on Burton'', Depp wrote the introduction, stating, "What more can I say about him? He is a brother, a friend, my godson's father. He is a unique and brave soul, someone that I would go to the ends of the earth for, and I know, full and well, he would do the same for me."

Burton was the President of the Jury for the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival, which was held from May 12 to May 24, 2010 in Cannes, France.

On 15 March 2010, Burton received the insignia of Chevalier of Arts and Letters from Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand.

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²While Danny Elfman composed music for most of Burton's films, he is credited in the above table as a (voice) actor.

Bibliography

''Burton on Burton'', edited by Mark Salisbury (1995, revised editions 2000, 2006)

''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'' (1997)

''The Art of Tim Burton'', written by Leah Gallo (2009)

Filmography

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1982
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1985	''Pee-wee's Big Adventure''
1988	''Beetlejuice''
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1990	''Edward Scissorhands''
1992	''Batman Returns''
1993	''The Nightmare Before Christmas''
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1995	''Batman Forever''
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2003	''Big Fish''
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2013

Short films

''The Island of Doctor Agor'' (1971)

''Houdini: The Untold Story'' (1976)

''Stalk of the Celery Monster'' (1979)

''Doctor of Doom'' (1979)

''Luau'' (1982)

Animator filmography

''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978) (uncredited)

''Stalk of the Celery Monster'' (1979)

''The Fox and the Hound'' (1981) (uncredited)

''Tron'' (1982) (uncredited)

Cameos and other film work

''Singles'' (1992)

''Hoffa'' (1992)

''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (deleted scene)

Art filmography

''Frankenweenie'' (1984) (storyboard artist, uncredited)

''The Black Cauldron'' (1985) (conceptual artist, uncredited)

Internet shorts

''The World of Stain Boy'' (2000)

Television

''Hansel and Gretel'' (1982) (director)

''Faerie Tale Theatre'' – episode ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'' (1989) (director)

''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' – episode ''The Jar'' (1984) (director)

''Beetlejuice: The Animated Series'' (1989–1991) (executive producer)

''Family Dog'' (1993) (animation designer, executive producer)

''Hollywood Gum'' – French commercial, director (1997)

''Kung Fu'' and ''Mannequin'' – Timex commercials, director (2001)

Music videos

"Bones" by The Killers (2006)

See also

List of unproduced Tim Burton projects

Awards

Academy Awards

(2006) Nominated — Best Animated Feature / ''Corpse Bride''

BAFTA Awards

(2004) Nominated — Best Direction / ''Big Fish''

Cannes Film Festival

(1994) Nominated — Palme d'Or / ''Ed Wood''

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

(2004) Nominated — Best Director / ''Big Fish''

Golden Globe Awards

(2008) Nominated — Best Director – Motion Picture / ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''

National Board of Review Awards

(2008) Won — Best Director / ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''

Producers Guild of America Awards

(2006) Nominated — Animated Motion Picture / ''Corpse Bride''

(2008) Honored — Scream Awards: Scream Immortal Award, for his unique interpretation of horror and fantasy

64th Venice International Film Festival

(2007) Honored — Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Further reading

Bassil-Morozow, Helena (2010): ''Tim Burton: The Monster and the Crowd''. Routledge, London, ISBN 978-0-415-48971-3 Read Introduction at JungArena.com

Heger, Christian (2010): ''Mondbeglänzte Zaubernächte. Das Kino von Tim Burton''. Schüren, Marburg, ISBN 978-3-89472-554-9 Read Excerpts at Libreka.de

Gallo, Leah (2009): ''The Art of Tim Burton''. Steeles Publishing, Los Angeles, ISBN 978-1-93553901-8

Magliozzi, Ron / He, Jenny (2009): ''Tim Burton''. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, ISBN 978-0-87070-760-5

Lynette, Rachel (2006): ''Tim Burton, Filmmaker''. KidHaven Press, San Diego, CA, ISBN 0-7377-3556-2

Page, Edwin (2006): ''Gothic Fantasy: The Films of Tim Burton''. Marion Boyars Publishers, London, ISBN 0-7145-3132-4

Salisbury, Mark (2006): ''Burton on Burton''. Revised Edition. Faber and Faber, London, ISBN 0-571-22926-3

Fraga, Kristian (2005): ''Tim Burton – Interviews''. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, ISBN 1-57806-758-8

Odell, Colin / Le Blanc, Michelle (2005): ''Tim Burton''. The Pocket Essentials, Harpenden 2005, ISBN 1-904048-45-5

McMahan, Alison (2005): ''The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood''. Continuum, New York, ISBN 0-8264-1566-0 Read Chapter 3 at FilmsOfTimBurton.com

Smith, Jim / Matthews, J. Clive (2002): ''Tim Burton''. Virgin, London, ISBN 0-7535-0682-3

Woods, Paul A, (2002): ''Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares''. Plexus, London, ISBN 0-85965-310-2

Merschmann, Helmut (2000): ''Tim Burton: The Life and Films of a Visionary Director'' (translated by Michael Kane). Titan Books, London, ISBN 1-84023-208-0

Hanke, Ken (1999): ''Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker''. Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, ISBN 1-58063-046-4

References

External links

Burton's official website

Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database – Tim Burton

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