CONTEMPORARY ANIMATORS

BY RHIAN NORMAN

INDEX

• TIM BURTON

• AARDMAN ANIMATIONS

TIM BURTON

• PERSONAL INFORMATION

• BORN: AUGUST 25TH, 1958, AT BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES.

• MARRIED TO: HELENA BONHAM CARTER, SINCE 2001.

FILMS THAT HE HAS PRODUCED • 1.) STALK OF THE CELERY MONSTER (PRODUCER AND WRITER FOR THIS FILM IN 1979)

• 2.) LUAU(PRODUCER AND PART WRITER OF THIS FILM IN 1982)

• 3.) VINCENT (PRODUCER OF THIS FILM IN 1982)

• 4.) PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE ( PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1985)

• 5.) BATMAN (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1992)

• 6.) EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (PRODUCER OF THIS FILM IN 1990)

• 7.) BEETLEJUICE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER-94 EPISODES. IN 1989-1991.)

• 8.) BATMAN RETURNS (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1992)

• 9.) FAMILY DOG (TV SERIES, HE WAS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER-1 EPISODE IN 1993)

• 10.) THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS( PRODUCER FOR THE FILM IN 1993)

FILMS HE HAS PRODUCED • 11.) CONVERSATIONS WITH VINCENT ( PRODUCER OF THE DOCUMENTARY IN 1994)

• 12.) CABIN BOY (PRODUCER FOR THE FILM IN 1994)

• 13.) ED WOOD (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1994)

• 14.) JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1996)

• 15.) MARS ATTACKS (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 1996)

• 16.) SLEEPY HOLLOW (PRODUCER OF THE FILM 1999)

• 17.) LOST IN OZ ( WAS THE WRITER OF THE STORY FOR THE TV MOVIE IN 2000)

• 18.) THE WORLD OF STAINBOY (WAS THE PRODUCER AND WRITER OF THE FILM IN 2000)

• 19.) PLANET OF THE APES (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2001)

• 20.) BIG FISH (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2003)

FILMS HE HAS PRODUCED • 21.) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ( PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2005)

• 22.) CORPSE BRIDE (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2005)

• 23.) SWEENEY TODD (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2007)

• 24.) 9 (HE WAS THE PRODUCER FOR THE FILM IN 2009)

• 25.) ALICE IN WONDERLAND

• 26.) DARK SHADOWS (PRODUCER, 2012)

• 27.) ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2012)

• 28.) FRANKENWEENIE (PRODUCER OF THE FILM IN 2012)

• TIM BURTON USES JOHNNY DEPP AND HIS WIFE IN HIS MOVIES, FOR EXAMPLE DARK SHADOWS, SWEENEY TODD AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • ACADEMY AWARDS:

• 1.) 2013, NOMINATED FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE, FOR FRANKENWEENIE (OSCAR)

• 2.) 2006, NOMINATED FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR, FOR CORPSE BRIDE. (OSCAR)

• ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR FILMS, USA

• 1.) 2008, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR SWEENEY TODD (SATURN AWARD.)

• 2.) 2000, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW(SATURN AWARD.)

• 3.) 1997, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR MARS ATTACKS! (SATURN AWARD.)

• 4.) 1993, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR BATMAN RETURNS (SATURN AWARD.)

• 5.) 1990, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR , FOR BEETLEJUICE (SATURN AWARD.)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • AMANDA AWARDS, NORWAY

• 1.) 2006,NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM, FOR CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (AMANDA)

• AMSTERDAM FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL

• 1.) 2008,WON. (CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD)

• ANNIE AWARDS

• 1.) 2010, WON. (WINSOR MCCAY AWARD.)

• 2.) 2006, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION, FOR CORPSE BRIDE (ANNIE)

• ARGENTINEAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• 1.) 2006, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM, NOT IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, FOR CORPSE BRIDE (SILVER CONDOR)

• 2.) 2005, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM, NOT IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, FOR BIG FISH. (SILVER CONDOR)

• 3.) 1996, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM, FOR ED WOOD (SILVER CONDOR)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • BAFTA AWARDS

• 1.) 2013, NOMINATED FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM, FOR FRANKENWEENIE. (BAFTA FILM AWARD)

• 2.) 2005, NOMINATED FOR BEST FEATURE FILM, FOR CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. (BAFTA CHILDREN’S AWARD)

• 3.) 2004, NOMINATED FOR BIG FISH. (DAVID LEAN AWARD FOR DIRECTION)

• BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS

• 1.) 2006, WON THE BEST FEATURE , FOR CORPSE BRIDE (BAA)

• BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS

• 1.) 2012, WON. (BFI FELLOWSHIP)

• BROADCAST FILM CRITICS’ AWARDS

• 1.) 2008, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR SWEENEY TODD. (CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS)

• 2.) 2004, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR BIG FISH. (CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

• 1.) 1995, NOMINATED FOR ED WOOD. (PALME D’OR)

• CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• 1.) 2004, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR BIG FISH. (CFCA AWARD)

• 2.) 1995, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR ED WOOD. (CFCA AWARD)

• 3.) 1990, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR BATMAN. (CFCA AWARD)

• DVD EXCLUSIVE AWARDS

• 1.) 2001, NOMINATED FOR BEST INTERNET VIDEO PREMIERE, FOR THE WORLD OF STAINBOY.(VIDEO PREMIERE AWARD)

• DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITIC’S ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• 1.) 2004, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM, FOR BIG FISH (DAVID)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

• 1.) 1990, WON FOR OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM, FOR BEETLEJUICE (DAYTIME EMMY)

• EMPIRE AWARDS, UK

• 1.) 2009, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR SWEENEY TODD. (EMPIRE AWARD)

• GOLDEN GLOBES, USA

• 1.) 2008, NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR-MOTION PICTURE, FOR SWEENEY TODD( GOLDEN GLOBE)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • HUGO AWARDS

• 1.) 1997, NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FOR THE MARS ATTACKS!. (HUGO)

• 2.) 1994, NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FOR THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. (HUGO)

• 3.) 1993, NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FOR THE BATMAN RETURNS. (HUGO)

• 4.) 1991, WON THE BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION AWARD FOR EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.(HUGO)

• 5.) 1990, NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FOR THE BATMAN. (HUGO)

• 6.) 1989, NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, FOR THE BETTLEJUICE. (HUGO)

• ITALIAN NATIONAL SYNDICATE OF FILM JOURNALISTS

• 1.) 2010, NOMINATED FOR BEST 3D FILM DIRECTOR, FOR ALICE IN WONDERLAND (SILVER RIBBON)

• 2.) 2008, NOMINATED FOR BEST NON-EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, FOR SWEENEY TODD(SILVER RIBBON)

• 3.) 2006, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN DIRECTOR, FOR CORPSE BRIDE( SILVER RIBBON)

• 4.) 2000, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN DIRECTOR, FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW. ( SILVER RIBBON)

• 5.) 1993, NOMINATED FOR BEST FOREIGN DIRECTOR, FOR BATMAN RETURNS. (SILVER RIBBON)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• 1.) 2012, WON FOR BEST ANIMATION, FOR FRANKENWEENIE. (LAFCA AWARD)

• MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• 1.) 2012, WON FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF CINEMA. (SPECIAL AWARD)

• NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW, USA .

• 1.) 2007, WON FOR BEST DIRECTOR, FOR SWEENEY TODD. (NBR AWARD)

• OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMACTION FESTIVAL

• 1.) 1984, WON, FOR THE FILM VINCENT

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • PGA AWARDS

• 1.) 2013, NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES, FOR FRANKANWEENIE. (PGA AWARD)

• 2.) 2010, NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES, FOR 9 (PGA AWARD)

• 3.) 2006, NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES, FOR CORPSE BRIDE. (PGA AWARD)

• SANT JORDI AWARDS

• 1.) 1992, WON BEST FOREIGN FILM, FOR EDWARD SISSORHANDS (SANT JORDI)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS. • SATELLITE AWARDS

• 1.) 1997, NOMINATED FOR BEST MOTION PICTURE- ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA, FOR JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. (GOLDEN SATELLITE AWARD)

• 2.) 1997, NOMINATED FOR BEST MOTION PICTURE- ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA, FOR MARS ATTACKS!. (GOLDEN SATELLITE AWARD)

• SHOWEST CONVENTION, USA

• 1.) 1990, WON DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR. (SHOWEST AWARD)

• VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

• 1.) 2007, WON. (CAREER GOLDEN LION.)

• 2.) 2005, WON WITH CORPSE BRIDE (FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL DIGITAL AWARD)

LINKS • HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=QKR1OPCMM_E

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AARDMAN ANIMATORS • IS A BRITISH ANIMATION STUDIO WORKING FROM

BRISTOL.

• 1972 WAS THE YEAR IT STARTED.

• THERE DIVISIONS ARE

AARDMAN FEATURES

AARDMAN DIGITAL

AARDMAN COMMERCIALS

AARDMAN BROADCAST

AARDMAN INTERNATIONAL

AARDMAN RIGHTS

AARDMAN EFFECTS

• CHICKEN RUN

• WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

• FLUSHED AWAY

• ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

• THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS

TV1 The Great Egg Race (opening titles) 1978 1986 BBC

2 The Amazing Adventures of Morph 13 October 1980 1981 BBC

3

Round the Bend (animated segments; False Teeth from Beyond the Stars, Attack of the Atomic Banana, False Teeth vs. Atom Banana)

6 January 1989 1 July 1991 ITV

4 The Morph Files 1 July 1995 23 September 1995

5 Rex the Runt 21 December 1998 16 December 2001 BBC Two

6 Angry Kid 1999 present

7 Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions 15 October 2002 present

8 The Presentators 2003 2004 Nickelodeon

9 Creature Comforts 1 October 2003 18 June 2007ITVCBS

Animal Planet

TV10 Planet Sketch 2005 2010

CITVTeletoon

11 Purple and Brown 2006 2007 Nickelodeon

12 Pib and Pog 2006 2006

13 Shaun the Sheep 5 March 2007 present CBBC

14 Chop Socky Chooks 17 March 2008 28 November 2008 Cartoon Network

15 Timmy Time 6 April 2009 13 July 2012 Cbeebies

16 Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention

3 November 2010 8 December 2010 BBC

17 Canimals[28][29] 9 June 2011 present BRB Internacional

18 Ploo[30] TBA TBA TBA

SHORT FILMS • 1 ANIMATED CONVERSATIONS: DOWN AND OUT 1977

• 2 ANIMATED CONVERSATIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A FOYER GIRL 1978

• 3 CONVERSATION PIECES: ON PROBATION 1983

• 4 CONVERSATION PIECES: SALES PITCH 1983

• 5 CONVERSATION PIECES: PALMY DAYS 1983

• 6 CONVERSATION PIECES: EARLY BIRD 1983

• 7 CONVERSATION PIECES: LATE EDITION 1983

• 8 SWEET DISASTER: BABYLON 1986

• 9 GOING EQUIPPED 1987

• 10 CREATURE COMFORTS 1

• 11 WAR STORY 1989

• 12 IDENT 1989

• 13 NEXT 1989

• 14 A GRAND DAY OUT 1989

• 15 ADAM 1991

• 16 REX THE RUNT: NORTH BY NORTH POLE 1993

• 17 LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT 1993

• 18 NOT WITHOUT MY HANDBAG 1993

• 19 THE WRONG TROUSERS 17 DECEMBER 1993

• 20 PIB AND POG 1993

• 21 POP 1993

• 22 WAT'S PIG 1993

• 23 REX THE RUNT: HOW THE DINOSAURS BECAME EXTINCT 1993

• 24 A CLOSE SHAVE 24 DECEMBER 1995

• 25 THE ART BOX BUNCH 1995

• 26 OWZAT 1997

• 27 STAGE FRIGHT 19 NOVEMBER 1997

• 28 HUMDRUM 1998

• 29 AL DENTE 1998

• 30 MINOTAUR AND LITTLE NERKIN 1999

• 31 THE NON-VOTERS (FOR THE BBC ELECTION COVERAGE) 2004

• 32 A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH 25 DECEMBER 2008

• 33 DOT 2010

• 34 GULP 2011

• 35 THE ITCH OF THE GOLDEN NIT 2011

• 36 DC'S WORLD FUNNEST ("DC NATION SHORTS") 2012-PRESENT

• 37 WALLACE & GROMIT'S JUBILEE BUNT-A-THON 2 JUNE 2012

• 38 SO YOU WANT TO BE A PIRATE! 28 AUGUST 2012

• 39 WALLACE & GROMIT'S MUSICAL MARVELS 2012

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 1 SLEDGEHAMMER 1986

• 2 MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME 1987

• 3 BAREFOOTIN 1987

• 4 VIVA FOREVER 1998

• STOP-MOTION CLAY ANIMATION TECHNIQUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FEATURING PLASTICINE CHARACTERS, EG WALLACE AND GROMIT

AWARDS

• SPECIAL AWARD 2009 (OSKERS)

• BEST CHILDREN'S SERIES (SHAUN THE SHEEP)

• THE CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD. (SHAUN THE SHEEP)

• GONG - BEST COMMISSIONED NEW MEDIA ANIMATION (PECULIAR ADVENTURES OF HECTOR)

MOTION OF CHARACTERS HISTORY AND OTHER STUFF ABOUT THEM • THEY CREATE A SERIES OF FACES FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY MAKE, THEY ALSO USE A HIGH FRAME RATE AS THE MOVEMENT IN

THEIR FILMS IS ALMOST PERFECTLY SMOOTH, BUT BECAUSE THEY USE SUCH A HIGH FRAME RATE AND LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE CHARACTERS MOVE SMOOTHLY IT CAN TAKE THEM UP TO 5 YEARS TO COMPLETE JUST ONE FILM, BUT THE FILMS ARE OUTSTANDING AND MANY OF THE SHORT FILMS AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE PRODUCED HAVE BEEN WATCHED BY MANY A DIFFERENT GENERATION AND LOVED BY THEM ALL. AARDMAN USE MODELLING CLAY MODELS BUT THEY HAVE FEATURES THAT CAN BE REPLACED AND MOVED ABOUT. THE MODELLING CLAY USED TO CREATE THE MODELS IS MIXED IN A BUBBLE GUM MACHINE AT THE AARDMAN STUDIOS. GO TO THE NEXT LINK TO VIEW A VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN AARDMAN MODELS AND TO GET ANIMATING ON THE SITE HTTP://WWW.ANIMATE-IT.COM/. THE TEAM AT AARDMAN USE OVER 80 CAMERAS, AARDMAN WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SHOT AN I MAX STOP MOTION 3D ANIMATED TEST. IN 1986 AARDMAN TEAMED UP WITH DIRECTOR STEPHEN JOHNSON AND THE BROTHERS QUAY TO CREATE A ROCK MUSIC ANIMATION VIDEO THE MUSIC VIDEO WAS CALLED SLEDGE HAMMER AND WENT ON TO COLLECT ALMOST EVERY AWARD THAT YEAR. IN 1993 AARDMAN MADE THE FILM THE WRONG TROUSERS, IT WAS AARDMANS FIRST 30 MINUET FILM AND IT WON OVER THIRTY AWARDS AND IS ACCLAIMED WORLD-WIDE. THE FILM IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ANIMATED FILMS EVER MADE AND DUE PARTLY TO THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE MOTION OF THE CHARACTERS. IN 2005 A FIRE SWEPT THROUGH ONE OF THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE CONTAINING MODELS, PROPS AND MANY OTHER TREASURES CREATED BY THE ANIMATORS AND DESIGNERS AT AARDMAN, THIS SET THEN BACK YEARS ON SOME OF THEIR FILMS. FOR MORE INFORMATION IN TO THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY VISIT HTTP://WWW.AARDMAN.COM/THE-STUDIO/HISTORY/ . AARDMAN USES ARMATURES INSIDE THERE MODELS, THIS HELPS TO GIVE THERE MODELS A SMOTHER FLOW OF MOVEMENT, THE STRUCTURE ALSO HELPS TO KEEP THE MODELS UP, AARDMAN USE SKELETAL ARMATURES FOR THEIR MODELS.