With movies such as Beetlejuice (1989) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), Tim Burton is one of the most well known director/producers of this century. His early obsession with painting and horror films developed into an iconic man with a quirky and almost grotesque style called, “Burtonesque”. With his work being nominated for 2 Oscars, 20 wins, and 59 other nominations, it is no question that Tim Burton is one of the most notorious in the business. While his work is distinguished and celebrated, many people don’t know about the man himself. His early life and career have helped shape him into a mastermind of the movie world who viewers can easily relate to.
Burton was born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California to Jean and Bill Burton. Growing …show more content…
These collaborations would set up a long line of movies the two would do together along with his, now ex, wife Helena Bonham Carter. The three would go down as a dream team, with every movie they make being a hit. These movies include The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Sweeney Todd (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and many more. Burton and Carter were married in 2001, and several year later had two kids. However, in 2014, the couple split after 13 years of being together (Encyclopedia …show more content…
I believe this is because he creates relatable characters with disfigurements or odd body shapes and zany personalities who (in most cases) have been cast out of society. We can relate to these characters because we see ourselves in them; disfigured out casts who have a chance at a better life (which all his characters end up getting at the end of his stories) and our disfigurements can be found in all his characters. One example of this is his movie Corpse Bride (2005), where he creates a fantasy world out of his unique “burtonesque” style animation. The story follows a shy man who is practicing his wedding vows when a dead women rises from the grave and assumes they are married. Both the young man and the bride are relatable in that they both feel they are unworthy of love and happiness in their world, but end up finding both in the end. Our society today has created the same environment where people feel the same as these two characters, and when people relate and see these characters find what they 're looking for, it creates hope in the viewers. This is what makes Burton a heartwarming
Burton was born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California to Jean and Bill Burton. Growing …show more content…
These collaborations would set up a long line of movies the two would do together along with his, now ex, wife Helena Bonham Carter. The three would go down as a dream team, with every movie they make being a hit. These movies include The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Sweeney Todd (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and many more. Burton and Carter were married in 2001, and several year later had two kids. However, in 2014, the couple split after 13 years of being together (Encyclopedia …show more content…
I believe this is because he creates relatable characters with disfigurements or odd body shapes and zany personalities who (in most cases) have been cast out of society. We can relate to these characters because we see ourselves in them; disfigured out casts who have a chance at a better life (which all his characters end up getting at the end of his stories) and our disfigurements can be found in all his characters. One example of this is his movie Corpse Bride (2005), where he creates a fantasy world out of his unique “burtonesque” style animation. The story follows a shy man who is practicing his wedding vows when a dead women rises from the grave and assumes they are married. Both the young man and the bride are relatable in that they both feel they are unworthy of love and happiness in their world, but end up finding both in the end. Our society today has created the same environment where people feel the same as these two characters, and when people relate and see these characters find what they 're looking for, it creates hope in the viewers. This is what makes Burton a heartwarming