The gothic, playful musings of Tim Burton have always been a favorite of mine: Edward Scissorhands’ tenderhearted fumblings spoke to me in my awkward teenage years; Beetlejuice helped me see humor in the grotesque; and his interpretation of Alice and Wonderland taking the mind-bending notion of going down the rabbithole to an exceptional new level. Burton’s prolific career has demonstrated his uncanny ability to rouse, then tame, the dark imaginings within all of us, and to turn nightmares into projects that are not only enjoyable, but beautiful.

The gothic, playful musings of Tim Burton have always been a favorite of mine: Edward Scissorhands’ tenderhearted fumblings spoke to me in my awkward teenage years; Beetlejuice helped me see humor in the grotesque; and his interpretation of Alice and Wonderland taking the mind-bending notion of going down the rabbithole to an exceptional new level. Burton’s prolific career has demonstrated his uncanny ability to rouse, then tame, the dark imaginings within all of us, and to turn nightmares into projects that are not only enjoyable, but beautiful.