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Profile | プロフィール

Born / 生年月日
August 25, 1958 | Burbank, California, USA

Age / 年齢
66 years old (as of 2025)

Occupation / 職業
Film Director, Producer, Writer, Animator, Artist

映画監督、プロデューサー、脚本家、アニメーター、アーティスト

Nationality / 国籍
American (アメリカ)

Biography | 経歴

[English] Tim Burton is the most visually distinctive and consistently personal auteur within the Hollywood studio system. His artistry is rooted in a gothic aesthetic formed during a profoundly isolated childhood in suburban California. This upbringing fueled his lifelong preoccupation with the “outsider”—characters who often prove more human than the society that fears them. From the pure, autobiographical beauty of Edward Scissorhands (1990) to the culturally transformative darkness of Batman (1989), Burton has successfully balanced grand studio requirements with a singular, often strange, personal vision. Whether through the enduring stop-motion charm of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) or his global box office success exceeding $4.5 billion, Burton remains the preeminent architect of the dark fairy tale in contemporary cinema.

[日本語] ティム・バートンは、ハリウッドのスタジオ・システムにおいて、最も独自の視覚スタイルと一貫した個人の作家性を守り続けている映画監督です。彼の美的感覚の源泉は、カリフォルニアの郊外で孤独に過ごした幼少期に形成されたゴシック的な感性にあります。

自分を拒絶する周囲の人間よりも、はるかに人間味あふれる「アウトサイダー（はみ出し者）」への執着は、彼の全作品に共通するテーマです。自身の投影ともいえる清冽な名作『シザーハンズ』（1990年）から、ヒーロー映画の歴史を塗り替えた『バットマン』（1989年）、そして公開から30年を経ても色褪せない『ナイトメアー・ビフォア・クリスマス』（1993年）まで、その活躍は多岐にわたります。世界興行収入総計45億ドルを超える商業的成功を収めながらも、奇妙で美しい「暗いおとぎ話」を紡ぎ続ける唯一無二の表現者であり、ヴェネツィア国際映画祭での生涯功労金獅子賞受賞はその偉大な功績を象徴しています。

Filmography | 監督作品

Feature Films as Director (監督長編作品)

Short Films & Early Work (短編・初期作品)

Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴

Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)

Films directed / produced — Total wins: 6+ 🏆

• Best Supporting Actor – Martin Landau, Ed Wood (1995) 🏆
• Best Makeup – Beetlejuice (1989) 🏆; Ed Wood (1995) 🏆
• Best Art Direction – Batman (1990) 🏆
• Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, Sleepy Hollow (2000) 🏆
• Best Costume Design – Alice in Wonderland (2011) 🏆
• Best Production Design – Alice in Wonderland (2011) 🏆

Nominated (directing/producing):

• Best Animated Feature – Corpse Bride (2006) 🌟; Frankenweenie (2013) 🌟
• Best Visual Effects – Batman Returns (1993) 🌟; The Nightmare Before Christmas (1994) 🌟
• Best Actor – Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd (2008) 🌟

Golden Globe Awards

Winner as Director: 🏆

• Best Director – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008) 🏆

Films / performers — Multiple wins including:

• Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy – Sweeney Todd (2008) 🏆
• Best Actor — Musical or Comedy – Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd (2008) 🏆
• Best Actress — Musical or Comedy – Amy Adams, Big Eyes (2015) 🏆

Venice Film Festival (ヴェネツィア映画祭)

• Golden Lion (Honorary) – Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) 🏆; recognition of his contribution to world cinema as among the most visually distinctive of any American filmmaker of his generation

Saturn Awards (土星賞)

• Best Director – Multiple wins across career; Batman, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd among nominated/winning films 🏆

Other Honours

• BAFTA — Alice in Wonderland Best Production Design, Best Costume Design 🏆
• Multiple lifetime achievement and career recognition awards from international film festivals
• Retrospective exhibitions of his visual art (drawings, paintings, sculpture) at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and major institutions worldwide—recognition of his contribution as a visual artist independent of his film career

Box Office Achievements | 興行成績

Career worldwide box office: Over $4.5 billion

External Links | 外部リンク

• IMDb
• Wikipedia (English)
• Wikipedia (日本語)