Tim Burton filmography

Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, animator, puppeteer, and actor.

Burton in 2012

He is known for his gothic horror and fantasy films, such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

He is also known for blockbuster films, such as the adventure-comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the comic book films Batman (1989), and Batman Returns (1992), the science fiction film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010), and film adaptations of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and Dumbo (2019).

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref(s)
1971	The Island of Doctor Agor	Yes	Yes	No		[1][2]
	Prehistoric Caveman	Yes	No	No
	Houdini: The Untold Story	Yes	No	No		[1][3]
1972	Tim's Dreams	Yes	No	No		[1][2]
1974	1997	Yes	No	No
1979	Doctor of Doom	Yes	Yes	No	With Jerry Rees
	King and Octopus Animation	Yes	No	No
	Stalk of the Celery Monster	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also animator
1982	Luau	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Vincent	Yes	Yes	No	Also production designer	[4][5]
1984	Frankenweenie	Yes	Story	No	Also storyboard artist	[6][7]
2013	Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers	No	No	Yes		[8][9]

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
1971	The Island of Doctor Agor	Doctor Agor
	Houdini: The Untold Story	Houdini
1972	Tim's Dreams	Tim
1979	Doctor of Doom	Don Carlo
	Stalk of the Celery Monster	Dr. Maxwell Payne (voice)
1982	Luau	The Supreme Being / Mortie
2012	Vampire's Kiss/Blood Inside[10]	Van Helsing

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Story writer	Ref(s)
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Yes	No	No	[11][12]
1988	Beetlejuice	Yes	No	No	[13][14]
1989	Batman	Yes	No	No	[15][16]
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Yes	Yes	Yes	[17][18]
1992	Batman Returns	Yes	Yes	No	[19][20]
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	No	Yes	Yes	[21][22]
1994	Ed Wood	Yes	Yes	No	[23][24]
1996	Mars Attacks!	Yes	Yes	Uncredited	[25][26][27]
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Yes	No	No	[28][29]
2001	Planet of the Apes	Yes	No	No	[30][31]
2003	Big Fish	Yes	No	No	[32][33]
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Yes	No	No	[34][35]
	Corpse Bride	Yes[a]	Yes	Characters	[36][37]
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Yes	No	No	[38][39]
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Yes	No	No	[40][41]
2012	Dark Shadows	Yes	No	No	[42][43]
	Frankenweenie	Yes	Yes	Yes	[44][45]
2014	Big Eyes	Yes	Yes	No	[46][47]
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Yes	No	No	[48][49]
2019	Dumbo	Yes	Executive	No	[50][51]
2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Yes	Yes	No	[52][53]

Producer only

• Cabin Boy (1994)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• James and the Giant Peach (1996)
• 9 (2009)
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1979	The Muppet Movie	Muppet Performer	Uncredited	[54][55]
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Thug in alley		[56][57]
1992	Singles	Brian		[58][59]
	Hoffa	Corpse	Uncredited	[60][61]
2012	Men in Black 3	Alien on TV Monitors		[62][63]
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Passenger on an Attraction		[49][48]
2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Baby Beetlejuice		[64]

Other roles

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
1978	The Lord of the Rings	Inbetween artist	[65]
1981	The Fox and the Hound	Animator	[66][67]
1982	Tron		[68][6]
1985	The Black Cauldron	Animator: The Horned King / Conceptual artist	[69][70]
1992	Stay Tuned	Design consultant	[71][72]
1996	Mary Reilly	Participant	[73][74]
2004	Catwoman		[75][76]
2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty		[77][78]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Designer	Notes	Ref(s)
1983	Hansel and Gretel	Yes	No	No	Production	TV special	[79][80]
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Yes	No	No	No	Episode "The Jar"	[1][81]
	Faerie Tale Theatre	Yes	No	No	No	Episode "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"	[82][83]
1987	Amazing Stories	No	No	No	Animation	Episode "The Family Dog"	[84][85]
1989–1991	Beetlejuice	No	Yes	No	No	Also developer	[86][87][88][89]
1993	Family Dog	No	Yes	No	Consultant		[90][91]
2000	Lost in Oz	No	Yes	story	No	Unaired pilot	[92][93]
2000	Stainboy	Yes	No	Yes	Character	6 web shorts; Also producer	[94][95]
2022–present	Wednesday	Yes	Yes	No	No	Directed 8 episodes	[96][97][98][99]

Other venues

Commercials

Year	Title	Subject	Ref(s)
1998	"Garden Gnome"	Hollywood Chewing Gum	[100][101]
1999	"Kung-fu"	Timex wrist watch	[102][103]
2000	"Mannequin"

Video game

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2004	The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge	Creative consultant	[104]

Music video

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Ref(s)
2006	The Killers: Bones	Yes	No	Yes	[105][106]
2012	Linkin Park: Powerless	No	Yes	No	[107][108]
	The Killers: Here with Me	Yes	No	No	[109][110]
2025	Lady Gaga: Death Dance	Yes	TBA	TBA

Critical reception

Critical, public and commercial reception to films Burton has directed as of August 2025.

Year	Film	Rotten Tomatoes[111]	Metacritic[112]	CinemaScore[113]	Budget	Box office[114]
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	78% (113 reviews) (7.8/10)	47 (14 reviews)	—	$7 million	$40.9 million (domestic)
1988	Beetlejuice	83% (115 reviews) (7.2/10)	70 (18 reviews)	B	$15 million	$84.6 million[115]
1989	Batman	77% (141 reviews) (6.8/10)	69 (21 reviews)	A	$35 million[116]	$411.5 million
1990	Edward Scissorhands	90% (67 reviews) (7.7/10)	74 (19 reviews)	A–	$20 million	$86 million
1992	Batman Returns	82% (92 reviews) (6.9/10)	68 (23 reviews)	B	$80 million[117]	$282.8 million
1994	Ed Wood	92% (73 reviews) (8/10)	70 (19 reviews)	B+	$18 million[118]	$5.9 million (domestic)
1996	Mars Attacks!	56% (86 reviews) (6/10)	52 (19 reviews)	B	$70 million	$101.4 million
1999	Sleepy Hollow	71% (129 reviews) (6.4/10)	65 (35 reviews)	B–	$100 million[119]	$206.1 million
2001	Planet of the Apes	43% (201 reviews) (5.5/10)	50 (34 reviews)	B–	$100 million[120]	$362.2 million
2003	Big Fish	76% (221 reviews) (7.2/10)	58 (42 reviews)	B+	$70 million[121]	$122.9 million
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	83% (228 reviews) (7.2/10)	72 (40 reviews)	A–	$150 million[122]	$475 million
2005	Corpse Bride	84% (197 reviews) (7.2/10)	83 (35 reviews)	B+	$40 million	$118.1 million
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	86% (232 reviews) (7.7/10)	83 (39 reviews)	—	$50 million[123]	$153.4 million
2010	Alice in Wonderland	51% (279 reviews) (5.8/10)	53 (38 reviews)	A–	$200 million[124]	$1.02 billion
2012	Dark Shadows	35% (263 reviews) (5.3/10)	55 (42 reviews)	B–	$150 million[125]	$245.5 million
2012	Frankenweenie	88% (225 reviews) (7.6/10)	74 (38 reviews)	B+	$39 million[126]	$81.5 million
2014	Big Eyes	72% (198 reviews) (6.7/10)	62 (40 reviews)	—	$10 million	$29.3 million
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	65% (258 reviews) (5.9/10)	57 (43 reviews)	B+	$110 million[127]	$296.5 million
2019	Dumbo	46% (371 reviews) (5.55/10)	51 (54 reviews)	A–	$170 million[128]	$353.3 million
2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	75% (387 reviews) (6.6/10)	62 (61 reviews)	B	$100 million	$423.5 million[129]
Total		70%	64		$1,534,000,000	$4,905,915,904

See also

• Tim Burton's unrealized projects

Notes

1. Co-directed with Mike Johnson