FILM DIRECTOR

Tim Burton

1958 - Today

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Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. Known for popularizing 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 as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Burton has received more than 23,566,499 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Tim Burton is the 36th most popular film director (up from 45th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from United States (up from 351st in 2019) and the 8th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tim Burton ranks 36 out of 2,041. Before him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Fritz Lang, Roger Vadim, Quentin Tarantino, Andrzej Wajda, and Tinto Brass. After him are Ken Loach, John Ford, Krzysztof Kieślowski, James Cameron, David Lynch, and Lars von Trier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Tim Burton ranks 5. Before him are Michael Jackson, Ursula von der Leyen, Madonna, and Olaf Scholz. After him are Neil deGrasse Tyson, Andrea Bocelli, Sharon Stone, Gary Oldman, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Kate Bush, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Burton ranks 226 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam Sandler (1966), Priscilla Presley (1945), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Talcott Parsons (1902), David Rockefeller (1915), and Josephine Baker (1906). After him are Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Arthur Miller (1915), Peter Falk (1927), Walt Whitman (1819), and Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tim Burton ranks 8. Before him are Martin Scorsese (1942), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), George Lucas (1944), and Quentin Tarantino (1963). After him are John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), and Robert Zemeckis (1952).

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