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Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California) is a film director known for his dark, humorous, quirky style. He started his career as a Disney animator and all his films portray a very stylized reality. Many of his films draw on gothic themes.
He was born Timothy William Burton, the first of two sons to Bill and Jean Burton. As a child, Burton described himself as quirky, self-absorbed and highly imaginative. He found home life and school difficult and he escaped the reality of everyday life by watching horror films. He was especially obsessed with the films of
Vincent Price, especially the films based on Edgar Allan Poe tales.
Following high school, he won a Disney fellowship to attend the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He studied animation for three years and was then hired by the Walt Disney Studios as an animator apprentice. In 1982, Burton made his first short film, Vincent
, a six-minute film about a young boy who want to be Vincent Price. This was followed by the live-action short Frankenweenie which attracted the attention of actor
Paul Reubens (better known as Pee-Wee Herman) who was looking for a director for his project Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985). The film was made on a budget of $7 million but made more than $40 million at the box office.
Burton's second major film was Beetlejuice (1988) which made $80 million and won an Academy Award for makeup. Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives and he received his first big budget film Batman
(1989). He has gone on to direct such imaginative films as Edward Scissorhands
(1990), Ed Wood
(1994), Sleepy Hollow
(1999) and Big Fish (2003).
He also co-wrote and produced, but did not actually direct, The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993), while working solely as producer for Batman Forever (1995).
He has worked with composer Danny Elfman on every one of his films since Pee-wee's Big Adventure
, excepting Ed Wood, which featured the noted composer
Howard Shore.
In addition to his film work, he has also written a book titled '.
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MoviesPenelope
Starring:
Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese
Witherspoo...
Review:
On the shelf for two years and deserving of a mercy killing, this
modern fairy tale stars Christina Ricci (get this girl a good
movie, pronto) as Penelope, an heiress born with the snout of a
pig. The love of another snob can cure her, but her suitors run
away in horror, which is stupid, since she's as cute as Miss Piggy.
A pre-Atonement James McAvoy steps up to the plate to pay
off his debts and, of course, finds true love. Director Mark
Palansky wishes he was Tim Burton. So will you, because even with
producer Reese Witherspoon showing up in a cameo, Penelope
is dead on arrival.
Rating:
1.5 Stars
Published: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:48:14 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the article
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