Born Timothy Walter Burton (August 25, 1958), an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is known for dark, quirky-themed, artsy movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and for blockbusters such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland, his most recent film, that was the second highest-grossing film of 2010 as well as the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. Among Burton's closest collaborators are Johnny Depp, musician Danny Elfman and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter.