Editing Tim Burton (section)

==Early life and education ==
Timothy Walter Burton was born on August 25, 1958, in [[Burbank, California]], the son of Jean Burton ([[née]] Erickson), who in the 1980s was the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, and William "Bill" Burton, a former minor league baseball player, who worked for many years for the Burbank Parks and Recreation Department. The baseball field at Olive Recreation Center in Burbank, California is named for Bill Burton.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|last=Morgenstern |first=Joe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/09/magazine/tim-burton-batman-and-the-joker.html?pagewanted=all |title=Tim Burton, Batman and The Joker |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 9, 1989 |access-date=March 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article544489.ece?print=yes&randnumb=1151003209000 | work=The Times | location=London | title=Tim+Burton | access-date=May 25, 2010 | first=Sadie | last=Gray}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

As a preteen, Burton made short films in his backyard at 2101 North Evergreen Street, using crude [[stop motion]] animation techniques or shooting on [[8 mm film|8&nbsp;mm film]] without sound (one of his oldest known juvenile films is ''[[The Island of Doctor Agor]]'', adapted from the [[H. G. Wells]] novel ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'', which he made when he was 13 years old).<ref>{{cite book|last=Kilpatrick|first=Nancy |title=The goth bible: a compendium for the darkly inclined|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|year=2004|edition=illustrated|pages=230
|isbn=9780312306960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EorBFDgqbdAC&q=%22The+Island+of+Doctor+Agor%22%2C+Burton&pg=PA230|access-date=September 9, 2024}}</ref> Burton attended Providencia Elementary School, Luther Burbank Middle School, and [[Burbank High School (Burbank, California)|Burbank High School]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://myburbank.com/christian-perez-shares-exclusive-look-at-tim-burtons-childhood-burbank-home-in-honor-of-tim-burton-day/|title=Christian Perez Shares Exclusive Look at Tim Burton's Childhood Burbank Home in Honor of Tim Burton Day|first=Ashley|last=Erikson |publisher=My Burbank |date = September 20, 2023}}</ref> but was not a particularly good student. He played on the [[water polo]] team at Burbank High. Burton was an introspective person and found pleasure in artwork, painting, drawing, and watching movies. His future work would be heavily influenced by the books of such childhood heroes as [[Dr. Seuss]] and [[Roald Dahl]],<ref>Alison McMahan (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2J5-MMVW1pYC&dq=tim+burton+-+dr+seuss+roald+dahl&pg=PA27 "The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood"]. p.27. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005</ref>
and of the visual aesthetics of silent gothic horror films, [[Universal Monsters]] movies such as ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' which he would continuously tribute throughout his career, [[Hammer Horror]] films starring [[Christopher Lee]] and the horror films of [[Vincent Price]], both of whom would star in his films, and with the latter being paid tribute in his 1982 short film ''[[Vincent (1982 film)|Vincent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World of Tim Burton |url=https://www.timburton.com/twotb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Burtonesque': The Dark And Twisted Influences Behind Tim Burton's Visual Style | date=June 8, 2020 |url=https://boldentrance.com/burtonesque-the-dark-and-twisted-influences-behind-tim-burtons-visual-style/#:~:text=For%20instance%2C%20Burton%20devised%20a,homage%20to%20these%20old%20films.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=This Is the Only Genuinely Scary Horror Movie Tim Burton Has Made | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=September 7, 2024 |url=https://collider.com/sleepy-hollow-tim-burton/#:~:text=Tim%20Burton%20has%20often%20vividly,for%20his%20entire%20filmmaking%20approach.}}</ref> In a ''Hollywood Reporter'' article, Burton states: "I grew up watching the Universal horror movies, Japanese monster movies, and pretty much any kind of monster movie. That was my genre." Burton also said that his love of [[Ray Harryhausen]]'s work got him interested in stop-motion animation at a young age.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring Tim Burton's world of outsiders and misfits | website=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=https://www.avclub.com/tim-burtons-world-of-troubled-misfits-1850735603#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20grew%20up%20watching%20the,animation%20at%20a%20young%20age.}}</ref>

After graduating from Burbank High School in 1976, Burton attended the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in [[Valencia, Santa Clarita]], to study [[character animation]], until 1979.<ref name="VFCal">{{cite news|last=Kashner|first=Sam|title=The Class That Roared|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/03/calarts-animation-1970s-tim-burton|access-date=February 13, 2014|newspaper=Vanity Fair|year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-15 |title=CalArtians Among this Year's Golden Globe Nominations |url=https://blog.calarts.edu/2010/12/15/calartians-among-the-golden-globe-nominations/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=24700 |language=en-US}}</ref> As a student at CalArts, Burton made the shorts ''[[Stalk of the Celery Monster]]'' and ''King and Octopus''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jo6L9Qzpp0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510023526/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jo6L9Qzpp0| archive-date=2011-05-10 | url-status=dead|title=Tim Burton's early short: 'King and Octopus' Clip |publisher=YouTube |date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>