Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American film director, screenwriter and set designer, notable for the quirky and often dark, gothic atmosphere pervading his high-profile films.

The director of two Batman films, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), he has collaborated with actor Johnny Depp and actress Helena Bonham Read more...

Burton was married to a German-born artist for four years, whom he left for Lisa Marie, a model with whom he lived and was "engaged" from 1992 through 2001. Lisa Marie had non-speaking parts in all of his films while they were a couple, most notably Ed Wood and Mars Attacks! Burton currently lives with Helena Bonham Carter, whom he met while filming Planet of the Apes, in which Lisa Marie had a Read more...