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Tim Burton

ティム・バートン　/　てぃむ・ばーとん

American film director

August 25, 1958 (age 67)　・　Burbank, California, United States

California
film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

Tim Burton earns my respect for doing something genuinely rare: he built an entire visual language and made the mainstream come to him. Growing up in Burbank, in the shadow of the studio system, he turned gothic gloom and crooked silhouettes into box-office comfort food — a contradiction only he could pull off. The Nightmare Before Christmas alone redefined what a family film could look like. France honoring him twice through the Order of Arts and Letters feels exactly right, since his work reads like cinema and illustration at once. For every kid who felt too strange for the room, Burton quietly left the door open.

Overview

Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tim Burton
Name (Japanese): ティム・バートン
Reading: てぃむ・ばーとん
Born: August 25, 1958 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Dog
Origin: Burbank, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / writer / designer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Burbank High School
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2010 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1990 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
2005 Saturn Award for Best Animated Film
2012 Saturn Award for Best Animated Film
2009 Winsor McCay Award
2009 Inkpot Award
2016 Officer of Arts and Letters

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Nightmare Before Christmas	—

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.timburton.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/timburton/
Xhttps://x.com/TimBurton_JP
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3

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