Tim Burton

June 24, 1996

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One of the darkest directors to come out of the film scene, Burton was born in 1960. He began work in film as an animator for Disney. But, because of his black surreal humor, he felt that his talents were being stifled by the strict G-rated rules of Disney, so he left. But before he did, he managed to create an award-winning animated piece, Vincent (1982), and a live-action short, Frankenweenie (1984). His first big feature was the star vehicle Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985), followed by the extremely dark ghost comedy, Beetlejuice (1988).

Burton hit it big with multi-million dollar smash, Batman (1989), based on the much bleaker version of the Dark Knight. He followed it with a sequel, Batman Returns (1992). However, his most brilliant and compassionate film to date, Edward Scissorhands (1990), a sort of Beauty and the Beast fable, continues Burton's theme of social outcasts and the trials of their lives. His most recent work is a biography of the famed "Worst director of all time", Ed Wood (1994). Being a real life social outcast, Wood fits right in with Burton's world. Burton is one of the few true geniuses in Hollywood. He's diverse, interesting, intelligent, and most especially differs from the usual Hollywood way of doing films. I like that in a filmaker.

My rating on a scale of 1 to 10: 9

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