蒂姆·伯顿（Tim Burton），导演、梦想家，特立独行的好莱坞鬼才。童年生活封闭而孤独，与漫画和电影为友。在加州艺术学院学习时幸运地得到了迪士尼奖学金，却在迪士尼遭遇了备受折磨的人生低潮，其强烈个性与“僵尸流水线”发生了严重冲突，但也因此被人赏识，意外当上了导演。他善于运用象征和隐喻的手法，在电影中编织出一个个充满魔幻狂想和细腻感伤的迷人世界，形成了以前卫、黑暗和怪异著称的伯顿式风格，因而成为当今全球最具票房号召力的作者导演之一。代表作有《剪刀手爱德华》《大鱼》《理发师托德》《爱丽丝梦游仙境》等，更多资讯参见其官网http://www.timburton.com。

马克·索尔兹伯里（Mark Salisbury），曾任英国《帝国》杂志编辑，美国畅销电影杂志《首映》的撰稿人。著有《面具背后：好莱坞怪物制造商的秘密》《蒂姆·伯顿的〈僵尸新娘〉》等。

胡旭申，伯顿影迷，哥特文学爱好者，曾经独自走遍伯顿电影中的英国取景地。毕业于英国约克大学，工程管理硕士。

A revised edition of the only book to explore the unique brilliance of director Tim Burton's work, including a new chapter on the making of Sleepy Hollow.

Still only in his thirties, Tim Burton has established himself in the past fifteen years as one of the great visionaries of film. With the Batman films, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, and, most recently, Sleepy Hollow, he has continually broken new ground both visually and thematically, exploring the dark anguish--as well as the dark humor--that animates many of his characters while also creating a densely textured, sometimes bizarre look specific to each film.

In Burton on Burton, Burton talks to Mark Salisbury about his training as an animator at Disney, the importance of design in his films, and the recurring themes present in his work. In this revised edition, he also discusses the influence of 1950s sci-fi and 1970s disaster films on Mars Attacks! as well as how he conceived his highly stylized approach to the content and setting of Sleepy Hollow, his acclaimed retelling of the Washington Irving story that stars Johnny Depp, perhaps the actor most identified with Burton's work. Enhanced by stills from the films, storyboards, and illustrations of set designs for all his major films, Burton on Burton provides insights and information about the man and his work, throwing light on both his unique artistic vision and on the extraordinary films that have been the result.