| Birth Name:
| - Timothy William Burton
| Birth Date:
| - 25 August 1958
| Birthplace:
| - Burbank, CA
| Quote:
| - "I remember when I was younger, I had these two windows in my room, nice windows that looked out onto the lawn, and for some reason my parents walled them up and gave me this little slit window that I had to climb up on a desk to see out of. To this day I never asked them why; I should ask them."
| Factoids:
| - His movies always open with his own version of the studio's logo.
- He has an interest in clowns, and his films will often include them or make reference to them.
- Lives in Ojai, CA and New York.
- Burton and Johnny Depp have worked together on six films.
| Education:
| - California Institute of the Arts (Cal-Arts), studying animation after being awarded a fellowship from Disney, for whom he went on to work.
| Significant Other(s):
| - Wife: Lena Gieseke; married 1989, divorced 1991
- Lisa Marie, actress; engaged 1992-2001
- Helena Bonham Carter, actress; engaged 2001-present; she gave birth to their son, Billy Ray, in 2003 and a daughter in 2007.
- Burton and Bonham-Carter live in adjoining houses with a hallway that connects the two homes.
| Feature Film Directing Credits:
| - 2010: Alice in Wonderland
- 2009: Frankenweenie
- 2007: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 2005: Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 2003: Big Fish
- 2001: Planet of the Apes
- 2000: The World of Stainboy
- 1999: Sleepy Hollow
- 1996: Mars Attacks!
- 1994: Ed Wood
- 1992: Batman Returns
- 1990: Edward Scissorhands
- 1989: Batman
- 1988: Beetle Juice
- 1985: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
- 1984: Frankenweenie
- 1982: Luau, Vincent
- 1979: Doctor of Doom, Stalk of the Celery
- 1971: The Island of Doctor Agor
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Nominated for Outstanding Animated Feature Film 2005: TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE (w. Mike Johnson)