Influences of Tim Burton
The Influence of Vincent Price
Vincent Price started out as a dramatic actor but was mostly known in horror films. He was born in 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was in many horror films over the course of his film career. He’s worked with Alice Cooper, Michael Jackson, and even Tim Burton. Unfortunately in October of 1993 fatally battling lung cancer, he died at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Burton was born 1958 in Burbank, California. Growing up, Tim Burton wasn’t like the kids in his suburban neighborhood. He enjoyed watching monster and horror films rather than playing a ball. He had an isolated childhood and you can often find Burton saying that horror and monster films spoke to him. After high school, he went to college to study animation and later worked for Disney. He was fired from Disney in 1984 because he spent Disney’s money on a film that they deemed too scary for children. Boy, where they wrong when Burton released Frankenweenie (originally made in 1984) in 2012.
One of his many influences was Vincent Price and the Hammer Horror movies he featured in. Price was his favorite actor. From an early age, you could say Price was Tim Burton’s hero. The roles he played, the actor he was inspired Burton. In fact, Burton even made a short film called Vincent. One of Vincent’s final roles was playing Dr. Frankenstein in Tim Burton’s rendition of Edward Scissorhands in 1990.
Burton has incorporated many of his idols in the films he’s directed. For instance, Price’s role in Edward Scissorhands as the inventor relates to how Burton sees Price as a mentor figure. Burton has this distinct visual sense, when you see a certain cartoon Burton has directed, you already know it’s him by the way he makes the characters out to be. In Burton’s cartoon short-film, Vincent, it’s about a boy who reads Edgar Allen Poe and watches Vincent Price films. He’s not afraid to inhabit some humor into his films. Price even narrated the six minute film.
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Vincent Price started out as a dramatic actor but was mostly known in horror films. He was born in 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was in many horror films over the course of his film career. He’s worked with Alice Cooper, Michael Jackson, and even Tim Burton. Unfortunately in October of 1993 fatally battling lung cancer, he died at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Burton was born 1958 in Burbank, California. Growing up, Tim Burton wasn’t like the kids in his suburban neighborhood. He enjoyed watching monster and horror films rather than playing a ball. He had an isolated childhood and you can often find Burton saying that horror and monster films spoke to him. After high school, he went to college to study animation and later worked for Disney. He was fired from Disney in 1984 because he spent Disney’s money on a film that they deemed too scary for children. Boy, where they wrong when Burton released Frankenweenie (originally made in 1984) in 2012.
One of his many influences was Vincent Price and the Hammer Horror movies he featured in. Price was his favorite actor. From an early age, you could say Price was Tim Burton’s hero. The roles he played, the actor he was inspired Burton. In fact, Burton even made a short film called Vincent. One of Vincent’s final roles was playing Dr. Frankenstein in Tim Burton’s rendition of Edward Scissorhands in 1990.
Burton has incorporated many of his idols in the films he’s directed. For instance, Price’s role in Edward Scissorhands as the inventor relates to how Burton sees Price as a mentor figure. Burton has this distinct visual sense, when you see a certain cartoon Burton has directed, you already know it’s him by the way he makes the characters out to be. In Burton’s cartoon short-film, Vincent, it’s about a boy who reads Edgar Allen Poe and watches Vincent Price films. He’s not afraid to inhabit some humor into his films. Price even narrated the six minute film.
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