25 interesting facts about Tim Burton
- Tim Burton is friends with Johnny Depp.
- Tim Burton wears a pair of pinstripe socks as a lucky charm at every premiere and special occasion.
- His fiancee, Helena Bonham Carter, was quoted as saying that the reason for his unique vision and style of directing was because she believed him to have Asperger Syndrome, a mild form of autism. She said that it helped to inspire his creative fuel, and was in no way a hindrance, but in fact was a great asset.
- His father, a former minor league baseball player, died around 2001.
- His film Beetlejuice prominently featured Harry Belafonte's hit Banana Boat Song which was co-written by Alan Arkin. Arkin plays Bill Boggs in Edward Scissorhands.
- Tim Burton frequently shows dead dogs, clowns, sheep, twisted trees, jack-o'-lanterns, scarecrows, butterflies, and redheads in his films.
- His films frequently have dinner table scenes.
- The Boston-based magazine Phoenix gave Burton the title of "26th unsexiest male celebrity".
- In 2006, Tim Burton was nominated for an Academy Award for the film Corpse Bride.
- Many of his characters have very tiny feet and long legs.
- His films often have a Gothic feel to them, often including Christmas and/or Halloween scenes.
- Tim Burton was slated to direct the 1986 remake of The Fly with Michael Keaton in the lead role, but he backed out and Canadian horror director David Cronenberg took over.
- Tim Burton frequently uses the same actors repeatedly. Among his favorite actors (who he's worked with at least twice are): Johnny Depp, Michael Keaton, Martin Landau, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gough, Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Lisa Marie, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Vincent Price, Jeffrey Jones, Pat Hingle, Missi Pyle and Deep Roy.
- Tim Burton was a member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
- Has made five films with Johnny Depp: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride.
- Tim Burton once said he never remembers his dreams, apart from five recurring dreams, one of them involving the girl he was in love with when he was a teenager and another involving his parents' bedroom.
- Tim Burton was voted the 49th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly, being the youngest director on this list of 50.
- Tim Burton usually wears black, because he doesn't like spend too much time matching colors.
- Tim Burton is a Bollywood fan.
- Tim Burton usually includes fantasy elements in his films.
- Tim Burton is known for making very dark, epic and somewhat twisted movies.
- Tim Burton often shows scarecrows in his movies.
- His plots often focus around a misunderstood outcast.
- Tim has his own production company called "Tim Burton Productions".
- Tim Burton drew the original headless horseman for Sleppy Hollow, the original Batman and Edward Scissorhands.
