Welcome back! In today’s blog I will be talking about filmmaker Tim Burton. Besides being a personal fan, I choose him because of his unique style, importance in the film industry and his cinematic style that is immediately recognizable all around the world.
Born in 1958 in Burbank, California, Burton was somehow different to the other kids he grew up with, he was moody and dark and preferred to hang out on wax museums and cemeteries. He was interested in Hammer horror films and sci-fi movies. He loved drawing so much he even won local advertising art contests and created an illustrated children’s book of his own.
In 1980 he went to work as an apprentice animator at Disney created California Institute of the Arts. He felt his style was completely different to Disney vision. “I started out as an animator at Disney, but I couldn’t draw the Disney style. I only draw the way I can. I can’t draw any other way.”- Burton said during his work exhibition opening in Hong Kong (2016).
While working at Disney he defined his own art style and developed concepts of films that were initially rejected. Disney had no interest on Burton’s ideas and refused to release his 1984 short film Frankenweenie claiming it was “unsuitable” for children. However he managed to produce few works, the most notable is his short film "Vincent" based on his own childhood and attributing his idol Vincent Price who narrated the film.
After leaving Disney, Burton launched his prolific career as a film director thanks to his old classmate Paul Reubens, who after watching "Vincent", asked for his help to direct a big-screen adaptation of his character, Pee Wee Herman. Burton agreed and in 1985 "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" earned $40 million on a budget of less than $7 million. Burton would now bring the world a whole collection of iconic films for the next several decades. Such as , “Beetlejuice (1988)”, "Batman (1989)", “Edward Scissorhands (1990)”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)” and "The Corpse Bride (2005)", to name a few.
Burton created a whole new genre of films. He added a twist on regular movies. His style of horror and comedy, darkness, point of view and stories are considered an art. He is an amazing and creative storyteller who encourages people to never listen to society standards on what’s ‘normal’ and to follow their passion. “I never set out to become a filmmaker,” Burton said. “I just want to create. Whether it is painting, drawing, or writing, the key is not which medium you use, but to be creative about telling a story. You can do it in many different ways.”
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Written by: Adriana Ruiz León
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