Tim Burton Fish" (2003), the musical adventure film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), and the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010). Burton has often worked with Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but three of the films Burton has directed. Helena Bonham Carter, Burton's former domestic partner, has appeared in many of his films. He wrote and illustrated the poetry book "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories", published in 1997 by Faber and Faber and a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other artwork, entitled "The Art of Tim Burton", was released in
Tim Burton largely seen as Burton's autobiography of his childhood in Burbank. Burton's idea for the character of Edward Scissorhands came from a drawing he created in high school. Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury's book, "Burton on Burton", regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film. "Edward Scissorhands" is considered one of Burton's best movies by some critics. Burton says this is his most personable and meaningful film because it's a representation of him not being able to communicate effectively with others as a teenager. Following this collaboration with Burton, Depp starred