Tim Burton Film Festival, held from May 12 to 24, 2010 in Cannes, France. Burton has stated that his favorite films are "Dracula A.D. 1972", "The Wicker Man", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "The War of the Gargantuas" and "The Omega Man". On May 20, 2017, a Tim Burton-themed bar named Beetle House LA opened in Hollywood, California. Burton regularly casts the same actors in his film projects. Johnny Depp has been in nine of his films, while ex-partner Helena Bonham Carter has been in seven and Christopher Lee in six. From November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010, Burton had a
Tim Burton 2009. A follow-up to "The Art of Tim Burton", entitled "The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things You Think About in a Bar", containing sketches made by Burton in napkins at bars and restaurants he occasionally visits, was released in 2015. Burton was born in 1958, in Burbank, California, the son of Jean Burton (née Erickson), later the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, and William "Bill" Burton, a former minor league baseball player who was working for the Burbank Parks and Recreation Department. As a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude