We always get a kick out of seeing what kind of work our favorite directors were making before they became famous. Master of the macabre Tim Burton started his career at Disney as an animator and storyboard/concept artist, contributing to features like The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron and Tron, but his gothic style just didn’t jibe with the studio’s wholesome image. In fact, 1984’s Frankenweenie was the short that got him fired from Disney for being too dark and scary for kids. Burton’s career at the Mouse House started after one of his shorts attracted the attention of execs. He made Stalk of the Celery Monster and King and Octopus during his studies at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California, before graduating in...
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- 5/14/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Everyone knows about "Vincent," one of Tim Burton's earliest short films. But way before his 1982 short there was "Doctor of Doom," a 1979 film school project that looks like the evil offspring of an Ed Wood and David Lynch film. If the IMDb credits page is to be believed, the co-stars of this mini-epic all went on to work at Disney Animation. However, the IMDb page also says that Doctor Doom is played by director Brad Bird, but I'm pretty sure that is a young Tim Burton in the role.
Tim Burton's early short "Doctor of Doom"
Prefer Tim Burton's animation to live-action? Here is a very early, very rough animated short he did around the same time, called "Stalk of the Celery Monster."
Tim Burton's early short "stalk of the celery monster"
Love early films from your favorite filmmakers? Then watch Sam Raimi get killed by...
Tim Burton's early short "Doctor of Doom"
Prefer Tim Burton's animation to live-action? Here is a very early, very rough animated short he did around the same time, called "Stalk of the Celery Monster."
Tim Burton's early short "stalk of the celery monster"
Love early films from your favorite filmmakers? Then watch Sam Raimi get killed by...
- 2/20/2014
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Once a director of glorious creative endeavor, there is arguably no filmmaker working today who polarises opinion like Tim Burton. Renowed for his visually appealing, quirky, offbeat, gothically-aligned films – and for his frequent collaborations with both Johnny Deep and his wife, Helena Bonham Carter – Tim Burton has made an admirable 16 pictures over the course of 27 years.
His journey as a feature filmmaker started with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure back in 1985, of course, but as a younger man, his passion for character animation culminated in his short film Stalk of the Celery Monster – one which ran at just 1.5 minutes and was drawn laboriously in pencil. The film was inspired enough to get him noticed, and Burton was offered an apprenticeship at Walt Disney Studios. The rest is history.
In the minds of many movie-goers, Tim Burton’s name has become increasingly synonymous with “has been,” though many still admire him for his deeply personal,...
His journey as a feature filmmaker started with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure back in 1985, of course, but as a younger man, his passion for character animation culminated in his short film Stalk of the Celery Monster – one which ran at just 1.5 minutes and was drawn laboriously in pencil. The film was inspired enough to get him noticed, and Burton was offered an apprenticeship at Walt Disney Studios. The rest is history.
In the minds of many movie-goers, Tim Burton’s name has become increasingly synonymous with “has been,” though many still admire him for his deeply personal,...
- 2/14/2013
- by T.J. Barnard
- Obsessed with Film
Here's a great little video from the 1980s featuring a young Tim Burton on the Disney studio lot being harassed by by future Pixar movie director and Disney Executive John Lasseter. The look on Burton's face is hilarious, he has no idea what is going on, he's just got the dumbfounded look.
Burton started his career as an animator at Disney working on film projects such as The Fox and the Hound and Tron. He eventually started making his own short films, both animated and live-action. In 1984 he ended up making his Frankenweenie short which ended up getting him fired, because it was too dark and twisted for the studio. As you know years later he ended up turning it into a feature film for the same studio that fired him for it.
I've also included an animated short from the director that he made shortly after he graduated from Cal Arts.
Burton started his career as an animator at Disney working on film projects such as The Fox and the Hound and Tron. He eventually started making his own short films, both animated and live-action. In 1984 he ended up making his Frankenweenie short which ended up getting him fired, because it was too dark and twisted for the studio. As you know years later he ended up turning it into a feature film for the same studio that fired him for it.
I've also included an animated short from the director that he made shortly after he graduated from Cal Arts.
- 2/2/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Burtonjuice. Our Tim Burton retrospective begins now...
Every Thursday night until we can't take it no more!
Last week I rented the Disney documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty" which I was curious to see again after it's strangely quiet public reception. I really enjoyed the documentary and though it ended like one big long self-aggrandizing commercial for the Magic Kingdom and all they bring to the movies, it's first hour is surprisingly frank about the downward slide of Disney animation in the 70s and 80s and the political tug of wars among the big money executives.
But let's get to the subject. Don't you always forget that Tim Burton started at Disney? I know I do. He never gets a line in this documentary but we do see him briefly twice in the behind the scenes footage while the narrator talks about the generational divide at Disney during the animation studio's near-demise in the 1980s.
Every Thursday night until we can't take it no more!
Last week I rented the Disney documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty" which I was curious to see again after it's strangely quiet public reception. I really enjoyed the documentary and though it ended like one big long self-aggrandizing commercial for the Magic Kingdom and all they bring to the movies, it's first hour is surprisingly frank about the downward slide of Disney animation in the 70s and 80s and the political tug of wars among the big money executives.
But let's get to the subject. Don't you always forget that Tim Burton started at Disney? I know I do. He never gets a line in this documentary but we do see him briefly twice in the behind the scenes footage while the narrator talks about the generational divide at Disney during the animation studio's near-demise in the 1980s.
- 3/23/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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