1958 - Today
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American director, producer, writer, and animator. Known for pioneering goth culture in the American film industry, Burton is famous for his gothic horror and fantasy films. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Burton has received more than 21,006,838 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Tim Burton is the 45th most popular film director (up from 50th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from United States (up from 382nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Film Director.
Tim Burton is most famous for his dark, quirky, and sometimes macabre films, such as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Among film directors, Tim Burton ranks 45 out of 1,581. Before him are Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach, Tinto Brass, Michael Haneke, James Cameron, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After him are Lars von Trier, Éric Rohmer, Abbas Kiarostami, Jacques Tati, Emir Kusturica, and Takeshi Kitano.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 42
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 43
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 44
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 45
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 46
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 47
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 48
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 49
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 50
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 51
Among people born in 1958, Tim Burton ranks 9. Before him are Ursula von der Leyen, Olaf Scholz, Alec Baldwin, Andrea Bocelli, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco. After him are Gary Oldman, Viggo Mortensen, Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Bush, and Prince.
1958 - Present
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 5
1958 - Present
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 12
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 13
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 14
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 15
Among people born in United States, Tim Burton ranks 351 out of 18,182. Before him are Susan Sontag (1933), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Harvey Keitel (1939), Steve Ballmer (1956), Christopher Walken (1943), and Shaquille O'Neal (1972). After him are Charlie Parker (1920), Robert Forster (1941), James A. Garfield (1831), 50 Cent (1975), Arthur Compton (1892), and Jack Lemmon (1925).
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 345
1860 - 1925
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 346
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 347
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 348
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 349
1972 - Present
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 350
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 351
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 352
1941 - 2019
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 353
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 354
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 355
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 356
1925 - 2001
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 357
Among film directors born in United States, Tim Burton ranks 10. Before him are Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), David Lynch (1946), George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), and John Ford (1894). After him are Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), and Terry Gilliam (1940).
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 14
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 16