By: Joanna Rivera
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Born August 25th 1958 in
Burbank, California.
As a child he lived a
lonely life and left his
parents home to move in
with his grandmother
(Williams & Hammond:
2006)
As a kid he was
influenced by authors Dr.
Seuss and Roald Dahl.
He spend much of his
time drawing, painting
and watching films.
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Starting to draw at an early age Burton decided to go to the California
Institute of Arts.
He studied character animation and made 2 short films.
After graduating, Walt Disney’s animation studios was impressed by his
short film work and offered him a fellowship towards the beginning of
the 1980s.
His first works for Disney were mainstream animation films such as the
Fox and the Hound (1981).
While working for Disney they allowed Burton to have his own personal
projects which he created the 6 minute Vincent Price tribute Vincent
(1982) and the 27 minute live-action short Frankenweenie (1984).
Soon after creating these shorts Burton was chosen to direct Paul
Reuben’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) which led to the works of
Beetlejuice (1988) and Batman (1989) that gave him great box office
success.
Soon Tim Burton work would become very distinctive and recognized as
modern gothic, dark comical, and mysterious.
Tim Burton work grew more
successful after the creating
the emotional and dark
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
starring Johnny Depp and the
animated stop motion
picture The Nightmare Before
Christmas (1993).
 His work soon became
distinctive in the film world
and the Name Tim Burton
became a household name.
 His complete filmography
can be seen at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T
im_Burton_filmography
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Frankenstein (1931) was made
for Universal Pictures and
directed by James Whales
became one of the first
horror monster films.
 Adapted by Mary Shelley’s
novel Frankenstein, the film
became very popular among
audiences which paved the
way for sequels.
 Is still seen today as the most
iconic horror film.
 http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=1qNeGSJaQ9Q
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The short film adapted by the novel and film
Frankenstien, called Frankenweenie is about a boy who
loses his dog in a accident and tries bringing the dog
back to life.
He forms a laboratory in his attack and creates a
machine and with lighting bring the dog back to life.
The dog relives but soon scares the neighborhood not
knowing that he was a good dog.
This link is the entire short film and also includes the
stop motion 6 minute short called Vincent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rcPe9sojpc
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Also known as, stop
frame, stop motion is
the animation technique
that makes objects
appear as if they were
moving on its own.
The objects are move in
very small movements
and are individually
photographed making
the illusion of
movements when the
frames are played in a
uninterrupted order.
Remaking his 1984 short with Walt Disney Pictures,
Burton created a full length feature 3D stop motion
for the 2012 Frankenweenie.
 Keeping the film in black and white he continued to
pay homage to the original Frankenstein but also
included homage to other classic horror films such as
The Mummy, Dracula, Godzilla, The Bride of
Frankenstein, Werewolf and Van Helsing.
 Tim Burton made the parody with previous actors
from his films and was successful among audiences
and was nominated for many awards.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2luLW-9ySw
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Frankenweenie was
nominated for many
awards but had won 6
awards for Best
Animated Film.
Tim Burton was also
nominated for having
Best Animated short in
the Academy Award,
Golden Globes, and the
BAFTA Awards but did
not win.
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