Tim Burton is an American writer, producer, director, artist, and animator. Blessed with excellent drawing skills and imaginativeness, Burton converted his hobby into a career and went on to become successful. A graduate of the ‘California Institute of Arts,’ he started his career by taking up the position of an apprentice animator at ‘Walt Disney Studios.’ This was just the beginning of his illustrious career as he set forth to make a mark as a director, producer, writer, poet, and stop-motion artist in the American film industry. In a career spanning almost fifty years as of 2020, he has directed dark, gothic, macabre, and quirky horror and fantasy films. The effective use of musical interludes, which is prominently seen in almost all his films, adds to the dark gothic setup. Most of his films focus on a misunderstood outcast and include characters who distrust the protagonist. Some of his successful films include ‘Pee-wee's Big Adventure,’ ‘Batman,’ ‘Batman Returns,’ ‘Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands.’