Tim Burton Biography

Timothy Walter Burton, Emmy Award-winning American film director/producer/artist, and writer is known for his dark, gothic, and offbeat horror-fantasy films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Ed Wood (1994), Corpse Bride ( 2005), Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). A renowned actor has also appeared in several blockbuster movies such as Alice in Wonderland and Charlie the Chocolate Factory . He is currently filming the fantastic adventure movie. Dumbo .

Tim Burton’s early life and education

Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California, United States of America. His birth name is Timothy Walter Burton. He was raised in his hometown of Burbank along with his family. He is the son of father Bill Burton , a former minor league baseball player, and mother Jean Burton , owner of a cat-themed gift shop. His zodiac sign is Virgo. Burton’s nationality is American and he is of White-American ethnicity.

Burton attended Burbank High School, he was an average student. At that time, he was also playing on the water polo team. Since his childhood he had a great interest in drawing, painting and cinema. He graduated from Burbank High School along with Jeff Riekenberg. Later he joined the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, where he studied character animation.

Tim Burton’s professional career

With his excellent drawing skills, he was awarded a Disney scholarship and later joined the job. In 1982 he worked at mainstream Disney with his own project, which was a short black and white animated tribute to Vincent Price, Vincent. In 1990, his project Beetlejuice, which was an American-Canadian animated television series, won the award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program.

In 2005 he appeared as director-producer of the animated film Corpse Bride, since he was nominated for the Academy Awards. In 2007, as a director, he cast his good friend, superstar Johnny Deep, in the musical horror film Sweeney Todd, which was a huge box office success and even crowned him with many awards.

Burtn is currently filming the fantasy adventure film. Dumbo starring Colin Farrell, Eva Green , Michael Keaton and Alan Arkin

Tim Burton Net Worth, Salary, and Earnings

Tim Burton has made a fair amount of money from his illustrious career. He has an estimated net worth of $140 million according to celebrity net worth and according to The Richest his estimated net worth is over $113 million. He has earned a large amount of money from his long movie career. His films have grossed $3 billion at the box office. He annually earns $25 million from his movies.

In 2010, the actor received $3 million in royalties from his older movies. The same year, his directorial film Alice in Wonderland grossed $1.02 billion worldwide. It made $50 million, including a portion of the film’s profits.

In 2012, Burton produced a dark fantasy action horror film. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter grossed $116.4 million at the box office. In 2014, his film Of Him Big Eyes earned $29,253,166 worldwide. His directorial adventure series Alice in Wonderland and its sequel grossed a total of $1.325 million at the box office.

Despite their huge age difference, both Green and Burton seem to enjoy each other’s company. Burton expressed that Eva Green is beautiful on the inside, he said in an interview with Esquire.

Burton was married to a German-born artist. Lena Gieseke from 1989-1991. He and his wife divorced after four years of living together in 1991. After his divorce, he dated a model/actress. Lisa Marie in the year 1992. The couple had been dating for almost a decade and broke up in 2001. She was even cast in his movie Ed Wood and Mars Attacks.

During the filming of Planet of the Apes, Tim Burton met actress Helena Bonham Carter, in 2001. Burton and Bonham Carter also have two children, son Billy Raymond Burton was born in 2003 and a daughter Nell Burton was born in 2007.

They lived together for 13 years but never got married. The duo broke up in December 2014. Burton is good friends with Johnny Depp, who is also godfather to his two children.