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Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California) is a film director known for his dark, humorous, quirky style. He started his career as a Disney animator and all his films portray a very stylized reality. Many of his films draw on gothic themes.
He was born Timothy William Burton, the first of two sons to Bill and Jean Burton. As a child, Burton described himself as quirky, self-absorbed and highly imaginative. He found home life and school difficult and he escaped the reality of everyday life by watching horror films. He was especially obsessed with the films of
Vincent Price, especially the films based on Edgar Allan Poe tales.
Following high school, he won a Disney fellowship to attend the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He studied animation for three years and was then hired by the Walt Disney Studios as an animator apprentice. In 1982, Burton made his first short film, Vincent
, a six-minute film about a young boy who want to be Vincent Price. This was followed by the live-action short Frankenweenie which attracted the attention of actor
Paul Reubens (better known as Pee-Wee Herman) who was looking for a director for his project Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985). The film was made on a budget of $7 million but made more than $40 million at the box office.
Burton's second major film was Beetlejuice (1988) which made $80 million and won an Academy Award for makeup. Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives and he received his first big budget film Batman
(1989). He has gone on to direct such imaginative films as Edward Scissorhands
(1990), Ed Wood
(1994), Sleepy Hollow
(1999) and Big Fish (2003).
He also co-wrote and produced, but did not actually direct, The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993), while working solely as producer for Batman Forever (1995).
He has worked with composer Danny Elfman on every one of his films since Pee-wee's Big Adventure
, excepting Ed Wood, which featured the noted composer
Howard Shore.
In addition to his film work, he has also written a book titled '.
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LiteratureNavigation/geometry textbook based on Alice in Wonderland
In 1961, a Cambridge don who'd taught navigation to cadets in WWII published an homage to Alice in Wonderland that used the book to illustrate concepts in navigation and geometry. The book, called "Navigation with Alice," was illustrated with fantastic replicas of the original Tenniel illos, recast to accompany the lessons (Anne Scarisbrick, the illustrator, was only 16 when she drew them!). Frank Debenham was a Cambridge don who, during World War II found himself teaching navigation to young cadets, eager to learn but frustrated that the lack of materials meant that they could only learn principles in abstract terms without being able to properly put them into practice. To this end Debenham began to relate many of his teaching practises back to the varied characters in Alice in Wonderland, something he could be reasonably sure that cadets would have heard of, and if not, that they would be more likely to engage with, hence the book where we find Alice dancing Latitude Quadrilles with the Mock-Turtle, debating the markings on globes with the Dodo and learning about the use of altitude and horizons in a protracted smoking session with the Caterpillar. Alice's Many Adventures - Part the Second (Thanks, Erik!) Previously: Mary Blair's Alice in Wonderland - Boing Boing Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland - Boing Boing Alice in Wonderland temporary tatts - Boing Boing Alice in Wonderland journal - Boing Boing Free reading of Alice in Wonderland - Boing Boing Neuroscience of Alice in Wonderland - Boing Boing Alice in Wonderland dishes - Boing Boing Disney launches Alice in Wonderland couture line - Boing Boing Lewis Carroll's scrapbook online, courtesy of the LoC - Boing Boing Alice in Sunderland: the weirdest graphic novel I've ever enjoyed ... Alice, a song and video composed from the Disney movie's audiobits ... High-quality reproductions of Tenniel's colored Alice ... Celebrating Alice Day with the finest Wonderland edition I've seen ... Buffy vows to make American McGee's Alice movie - Boing Boing...
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:58:37 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleLiteratureHathaway Talks Alice's Queen
Anne Hathaway, who plays the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie, told a group of reporters that her character is entirely live action in a practical costume. The film, based on Lewis Carroll's books, combines live-action, computer animation and motion-capture animation in 3-D.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Source: Scifi.Com - Read the articleLiteratureRickman Talks Alice, Potter
Alan Rickman, who plays Caterpillar in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, told a group of reporters that he has recorded his voice role and awaits the completed animation. The caterpillar will have the face of Rickman to go along with his voice.
Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Source: Scifi.Com - Read the article
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