![]() Disney fired Burton after the completion of Frankenweenie because they felt that he spent the company’s resources on making a film that was too dark and scary for children to see (the short film did, however, bring him to the attention of Paul Reubens, who was looking for a director for a little film called Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure). He made two short films while at Disney: the stop-motion animated 1982 short film Vincent, and the live action 1984 short film Frankenweenie. He worked as an animator, storyboard artist, and concept artist on films such as 1981’s The Fox and the Hound, 1985’s The Black Cauldron, and 1982’s Tron. The success of his 1979 short film Stalk of the Celery Monster attracted the attention of Walt Disney Productions’ animation studio, who offered him an animator’s apprenticeship. He attended the California Institute of the Arts to study character animation, and his classmates included John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker and Henry Selick. ![]() ![]() Tim Burton, while known for his live action films (including 1989’s Batman, 1994’s Ed Wood, and 2010’s Alice In Wonderland), actually started out working in animation. ![]()
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