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。

Tim Burton is one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema, a director who has fabricated his own deliciously nightmarish universe in movies as extraordinary as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks! - not to mention his twisted take on the tales of Batman, Sleepy Hollow, and Planet of the Apes. Coinciding with the release of his re-imagining of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with long-time comrade Johnny Depp, this updated and fully illustrated new edition of the definitive Burton interview book casts light on Burton's Burbank childhood, his early work at Disney, the recurrent themes and stunning designs of his movies, and the creative obsessions that fuel them. One of the best - selling books in the series, this brings his career right up to date Includes interviews on all of his most recent films, including the long awaited Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He never gives interviews, so this is the one opportunity film fans will have of hearing Tim Burton's opinions on his work