A DARKNESS HISTORY.“The life of Tim Burton”

Di Sciacca Anthony

Life

He was born in Burbank, California. The 25th Agust 1958.

Tim Burton described his childhood

self as quirky, self-absorbed and highly imaginative.

Life After high school,

he won a Disney scholarship and works for Disney on 2 productions...

During “Mars attack” he meet his wife, the actress Helena Bonham Carter.

His Movies…

Beetlejuice

A supernatural comedy horror

about a young couple forced to cope with life after death, as well as a family of pretentious yuppies.

1988

Batman

Biggest marketing

and merchandising

campaign in film

history at the time

Became one of the

biggest box office

hits of all time

1989

Edward Scissorhands

Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in

the place of hands due to the

untimely death of his

creator.

1990

Batman Returns

Darker and

considerably more personal than its

predecessor, concerns were raised that the film was too scary for children. Catwoman, penguin.

1992

The Nightmare Before Christmas The film received

positive reviews for the film's stop motion animation, musical score and

original storyline.

1993

The 2000s

2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The storyline concerns a young

boy winning a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by an

eccentric candy maker.

2005Corpse Bride Was Burton's second stop-motion film.

Burton was able to again use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as

the complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds.

Sweeney Todd

Adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 1979 musical thriller. It re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, turns their remains into

meat pies.

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Alice in

Wonderland Fantasy film directed

by Tim Burton, which is an adaptation

of the Lewis Carroll novels

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The film use a technique combining live action, motion capture technology and stop motion.