Initially, tim burton worked for mainstream TV cartoons, such as The Fox and the Hound by Disney Company. When his outstanding inspiration was recognized by Disney, Disney gave him the freedom to create freely. 198 1 directed the first cartoon short film Vincent, then participated in the filming of the short film Little Frankenstein as the second director, and then directed the TV series Aladdin's Magic Lamp. This series of gradual attempts in the film and television industry has cultivated his confidence and ability. In these supernatural-themed films, tim burton gave a preliminary play to what he had learned before and his own whimsy. The beautiful image presented in the film has also attracted the attention of Hollywood industry, and the name of "Hollywood genius" has spread like wildfire.
1985, tim burton had the opportunity to direct his first feature film, The Adventures of Ridiculous Little Bastards, which was produced by Warner Corporation. The film was well received by people in the industry, which greatly increased his confidence. Beetle Juice is tim burton's first landmark work. At that time, ghost films had been flooded, and how to bring forth the new and make the audience accept ghost films became the theme of this kind of film creators. Tim burton and the screenwriter found another way. They did the opposite, and created a good-hearted ghost couple in the film, which was stumped by a bad-hearted "person". This kind of role dislocation makes the film have a fresh comedy color. Just when the audience thought the family was too courageous to be afraid of anything, tim burton took a turn for the worse and created a bad expert, The Exorcist of the Underworld, to clean them up, so that the fun of the mountain remained high. The rapidity and strangeness in this cult film make it an alternative classic among genre films. On the other hand, tim burton took advantage of this situation to become a business in the eyes of Hollywood filmmakers.
And is very suitable for mass production. Tim burton created his own dark empire in film after film. Despite the disagreement with Warner when filming Batman, his films have been selling well. The poorly-sold film 1994 Edward D. Wood Jr commemorates the legendary Hollywood director, and was also nominated for the best film at Cannes Film Festival.
However, it is generally believed that the most important film in tim burton is 1990' s Edward Scissorhands. Although the film tells a routine love story that can't survive, tim burton makes the film move people's hearts with his unique perspective, acousto-optic composition and stunt pictures. Tim burton seems to have paid attention to the psychological activities and moral changes of the characters from just showing off dazzling pictures, and Edward's inner activities in the film are the best example. This is Burton's first collaboration with character actor Johnny Depp. They have the same personality and then cooperate for a long time, which is one of the perfect combinations that fans talk about.
In 200 1 year, tim burton became the focus of people again because of remaking Planet of the Apes. At that time, two other famous directors, oliver stone and James Cameron, competed for the right to direct the film. After that, Burton successively released The Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Corpse Bride (2005). Burton is not very prolific, but his department is remarkable. He has won a large number of loyal fans around the world.
Following the dark song and dance "Barber Todd" in 2007, in 20 10, tim burton's new 3D fantasy "Alice in Wonderland" was also released around the world, which once again aroused the enthusiasm of fans.
Burton married Lena Giesecke on February 24th, and then met and started dating sasha jackson helena bonham carter while filming Planet of the Apes. Helena has since become his muse, and every work since then will be Helen. And his long-term cooperative relationship with personality superstar Johnny Depp has been talked about by fans.
Tim burton 1958 was born in burbank, California, USA. His childhood was close to several major studios in Hollywood. As the saying goes, people who are close to Zhu Zhechi are close to Mexico. I like painting and watching old movies since I was a child. At the age of 9, his poster against littering was taken by a local cleaning company and posted on their garbage truck for a year. After graduating from high school, he went to california institute of the arts, which was an important source of painters for Disney Company at that time. Burton also went to Disney Company as an animator after graduation, but found that the rigidity of Disney Company was not suitable for his personality and creativity. Disney appreciated his talent and made him create an animated short film Vincent (1982), which described the world of a 7-year-old boy. The film was well received by critics, but Disney thought it was too dark for children to watch, so it was not allowed to be shown. Later, he created Frankenweenie, a 29-minute live-action short film, which was not shown because it was not suitable for children. However, paul reubens, an actor at that time, saw the film and decided that Burton was his first feature film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (funny little bastard's adventure, 65438+). The film was a great success, and Burton soon became famous. In the next three years, Burton didn't make any movies, only made some TV series, until he received the script of Beetle Juice (1988), which was nothing to others, but in Burton's eyes, it was full of bizarre artistic sense, and he couldn't refuse. The film was a success again, and Burton began to be remembered by Hollywood.
It is precisely because of the great success of Batman (1989), a big investment commercial film shot by 1989 (national box office: 25 1,188,924, global box office: 4 1 1) So Edward Scissorhands (1990) was born. Edward, the protagonist who lives alone in The Dark Castle, has captivated countless audiences with his melancholy and pale shape and dexterous scissorhands. He was once regarded as a self-portrait of the director. This film was a commercial and artistic success, and it was the first film that Burton and Johnny Depp cooperated. Johnny Depp's melancholy temperament and unique way of speaking can be said to be the best gift for Burton to show his style. They established a good cooperative relationship through this film. Since then, Johnny Depp has frequently appeared in Burton's films, making him a well-deserved royal actor.
Burton's next film is Batman returns (1992). With the success of the last episode, Burton has more autonomy in the film this time, but this has not brought box office success. Although it is still a blockbuster of that year, it is still much worse than the first one. Burton was questioned by Warner executives, so he didn't act as a director in the next Batman series, just.
1994 Burton and Johnny Depp co-produced Ed Wood again, which is a black-and-white biopic in which Burton pays tribute to Edward D. Wood Jr, the infamous worst director in Hollywood history. What Burton emphasizes in his films is his unique personal thoughts and persistent pursuit of movies. Although the film was a box office fiasco and had a bad reputation in the critics, it won several most important awards in his career, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Best Makeup Award. 1996, Burton tried to change his style and filmed the satirical Martians Attack (Martians play around the earth). Although there is an all-star cast, the film subverts the traditional mode of alien invasion movies, and the audience does not buy it, and the film still loses money.
From 65438 to 0999, Burton returned to his style and cooperated with Johnny Depp three times to create a darker and more artistic sleepy hollow. This film is a masterpiece of Burton style, which should have many elements, but the ending of the film is still warm. The film has achieved good results in business and art, not only won the best artistic direction at the 2000 Oscar, but also won the Saturn Award 1 1, the highest award for American science fiction fantasy horror movies, and finally won two of them, sweeping away the bad luck of the failed attack on Mars.
200 1 Burton remake the classic sci-fi movie Planet of the Apes in 1960s, with an investment of more than 1 billion dollars, which is one of the most expensive films directed by Burton. Maybe the previous movies were too classic. After its release, the film was criticized by film critics and was recognized as Burton's worst film, which hardly reflected his style. Because of this movie, Burton got to know his wife helena bonham carter, a native of sasha jackson. This gothic girl appeared in all Burton's later films without exception, and can be said to be Burton's second royal actress.
Personal life
Helena bonham carter was engaged to director tim burton, but never got married. In 2003, their son Billy was born. In 2007, my daughter Nell also came into this world. Helena appears in almost every Burton film, such as Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the latest Sweeney Todd.
20 14, 14 On February 23rd, Helena's agent confirmed to People that talented directors tim burton and helena bonham carter officially broke up after dating for 13 years. It is reported that the two broke up peacefully earlier this year and will continue to be friends and raise children together.