38) states that Tim Burton’s influences include “pop culture, taking inspiration from animation and cartoons, television, children’s literature, Hammer horror films, Japanese monster movies and B-grade science fiction films.” However, how much has German Expressionist cinema influenced the visual aesthetic and storytelling of Tim Burton? Other films heavily influenced by German Expressionism include Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth(2006), Alex Provas’ The Crow(1994), Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner(1982), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo(1958) (No Film School, 2016). German expressionism has not only influenced Tim Burton, but other prominent filmmakers as well.
6), the stylized look, feel and subject matter of the visually distinctive “Burtonesque” can be described as: “gothic, whimsical, eerie, strange, haunting, and bursting with detail.”
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Tim Burton, considered by Barrett (2018) as one of Hollywood’s most iconic filmmakers is best known for his films Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, and Alice in Wonderland.īarrett (2018) describes Tim Burton’s instantly recognizable visual style as “Burtonesque”, a “world of skewed angles and twisted trees is the perfect accompaniment to his darkly humorous gothic tales of lonely outsiders.” One only needs to freeze a frame from any of his movies and would immediately recognize that it is a Tim Burton movie due to Burton’s unique style. German Expressionist cinema has featured in the work of many prominent filmmakers, including the American film director Tim Burton. He is best known for his gothic fantasy and horror 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), Frankenweenie (2012), the superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy-drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).German Expressionist cinema has made a significant impact on contemporary cinema, with a unique visual style that can be found from American blockbusters to small animated short films.
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, writer, and artist.
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TV commercial for Timex starring Lisa Marie (2000)., Directed TV commercial for Hollywood chewing-gum (France) in 1998, where a modern Snow White appears nude to a digital-made garden dwarf. California Institute of the Arts (attended 1979-80)įilm director, film producer, writer, artistĭirector of the films "Batman" (1989), "Edward Scissorhands", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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