Upbringing
Tim Burton was an introverted child. Burton spent most of his childhood creating cartoons, watching old movies. Burton’s mother, Jean Burton, was an owner of a cat gift shop and his father, Bill Burton, was a former minor league baseball player who worked …show more content…
Burton had the opportunities to work on all on his short films and even make one of his shorts to a full length film Frakenweenie (2012). Not a lot of people get to break the chains of big corporations like Disney to pursue their dreams. I believe that Burton has also filled the 10,000 Hour Rule position by working for Disney as an animator and a conceptual artist. He set himself loose from Disney to pursue his personal projects like Frankenweenie (1984) which led him to his upbringing. Frankenweenie (1984) helped Burton get his first directing job of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) with help of spreading the word from Stephen King to Executive Bonni Lee and Paul Ruebens. Which leads to his meaningful work of directing and producing 27 or more films in his lifetime and having his own art exhibitions every year to show his early work. Burton has showed us that you can break creative control from high reputational companies like The Walt Disney Company to achieve your dreams if you set your mind to