Tim Burton

Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958, in California. After majoring in animation at the California Institute of Arts, he worked as a Disney animator for less than a year before going out on his own. 
He became known for creating visually impressive films that blend themes of fantasy and horror, including Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
His earliest known film is The Island of Doctor Agor which was made in 1971, when Burton was just thirteen years old. It was an animated film shot with a group of his friends. Around the same time, the growing film-maker also made a short film called Houdini.

While at Disney in 1982, Burton made his award winning, six-minute black-and-white stop motion film named Vincent. Vincent was based on a poem written by the film-maker, and represents a young boy who fantasizes that he is his hero Vincent Price. 
You can watch Vincent here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD8uQzu0IL0

After creating his own production company, Burton directed the extravagant film Batman (1989). The film was the first film to sell $100 million in the first 10 days of release.

When watching films that Tim Burton has directed, you can automatically spot the techniques used and the unique style he portrays. Most of his films have a lot of tension and suspense and you can tell this from the choice of different angles. Many of his movies are distinctive in the way that they have been filmed, he often uses dark lighting to create a subdued atmosphere. Because its like this in more than one movie, we notice that this is a trademark of his and enjoys filming this way. The themes that are repeated in quite a lot of Tim Burton’s movies is that they are mainly creepy and have a dark feel to them.

Continuing with his interest in frightening themes, Burton directed the film transformation of the popular musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007. The film reunited Burton with his close friends Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. All three received a lot of praise for their work on the film, including several Golden Globe nominations. In 2010, they reunited again in Tim Burton's adaptation of Lewis Carrol's Alice In Wonderland, where Depp played the role of The Mad Hatter and Carter, the Red Queen.



References: http://www.biography.com/people/tim-burton-9542431
http://www.timburtoncollective.com/earlymovies.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton#Early_career:_1980s