Tim Burton
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Burton made his directorial film debut with the comedy ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985) and gained prominence for ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) and ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990). Burton also directed the superhero films ''Batman'' (1989) and ''Batman Returns'' (1992); the animated films ''Corpse Bride'' (2005) and ''Frankenweenie'' (2012); the science fiction films ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996) and ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001); the supernatural horror film ''Sleepy Hollow'' (1999); the fantasy films ''Big Fish'' (2003), ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010), ''Dark Shadows'' (2012) and ''Dumbo'' (2019); the musicals ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005) and ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007); and the biographical dramas ''Ed Wood'' (1994) and ''Big Eyes'' (2014). Starting in 2022 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.
Burton has frequently collaborated with Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Johnny Depp, Jenna Ortega, Helena Bonham Carter, Catherine O'Hara, Eva Green, Michael Gough, Christopher Lee, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christina Ricci, Albert Finney and Martin Short as well with composer Danny Elfman, who scored all but three of Burton's films. Burton has released several books including ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'' (1997). Provided by Wikipedia
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