Awards

Tim Burton

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31 wins & 80 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2013 Nominee Oscar
- Best Animated Feature
- Frankenweenie
2006 Nominee Oscar
- Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- Corpse Bride
Shared with: Mike Johnson

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2025 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Film Direction
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2008 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2000 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Director
- Sleepy Hollow
1997 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Director
- Mars Attacks!
1993 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Director
- Batman Returns

Annie Awards

2010 Winner Winsor McCay Award
2006 Nominee Annie
- Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Corpse Bride
Shared with: Mike Johnson
1996 Nominee Annie
- Best Individual Achievement: Producing
- James and the Giant Peach
Shared with: Denise Di Novi

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2006 Nominee Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Corpse Bride
UK.
2005 Nominee Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera en Idioma no Español)
- Big Fish
USA.
1996 Nominee Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Ed Wood
USA.

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

1996 Winner CEC Award
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Ed Wood
USA. Tied with Braveheart (1995).

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2007 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

David di Donatello Awards

2019 Winner Special David
2004 Nominee David
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- Big Fish

Daytime Emmy Awards

1990 Winner Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Animated Program
- Beetlejuice
Tied with The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988).
Shared with: David Geffen · Lenora Hume · Stephen Hodgins · Michael Hirsh · Patrick Loubert · Clive A. Smith · Robin Budd · Patsy Cameron · Tedd Anasti

Directors Guild of America, USA

2023 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Wednesday
Episode "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe (2022)"

Primetime Emmy Awards

2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Wednesday
Shared with: Alfred Gough · Miles Millar · Andrew Mittman · Gail Berman · Steve Stark · Kayla Alpert · Jonathan Glickman · Tommy Harper · Kevin Lafferty · Kevin Miserocchi · Todd Williams · Carla González Vargas · David Minkowski · Carmen Pepelea
2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Wednesday
For "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe"

Golden Globes, USA

2008 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Satellite Awards

1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
- James and the Giant Peach
Shared with: Denise Di Novi
1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
- Mars Attacks!

Hugo Awards

1997 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Mars Attacks!
Shared with: Jonathan Gems · Len Brown · Woody Gelman · Wally Wood · Bob Powell · Norman Saunders
1994 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
Shared with: Henry Selick · Caroline Thompson · Michael McDowell
1993 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Batman Returns
Shared with: Daniel Waters · Sam Hamm · Bob Kane
1991 Winner Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Edward Scissorhands
Shared with: Caroline Thompson
1990 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation
- Batman
Shared with: Sam Hamm · Warren Skaaren · Bob Kane

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2010 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D)
- Alice in Wonderland
2008 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2006 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Corpse Bride
2000 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Sleepy Hollow
1993 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Batman Returns

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2012 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Animation
- Frankenweenie

Moscow International Film Festival

2012 Winner Special Prize
For outstanding contribution to the world cinema

National Board of Review, USA

2007 Winner NBR Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

PGA Awards

2013 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Frankenweenie
Shared with: Allison Abbate
2010 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- 9
Shared with: Jim Lemley · Timur Bekmambetov
2006 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Corpse Bride
Shared with: Allison Abbate

SFX Awards, UK

2005 Nominee SFX Award
- Best Director
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ShoWest Convention, USA

1990 Winner ShoWest Award
- Director of the Year

Tokyo International Film Festival

2014 Winner Samurai Award

Venice Film Festival

2024 Winner Fanheart3 Award
- Graffetta d'Oro for Best Film
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2007 Winner Career Golden Lion
2005 Winner Future Film Festival Digital Award
- Corpse Bride
Shared with: Mike Johnson

Walk of Fame

2024 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
- Motion Picture
On September 3, 2024. At 6600 Hollywood Blvd.

National Cartoonist Society

1993 Winner NCS Division Award
- Animation

Empire Awards, UK

2009 Nominee Empire Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

2008 Winner Career Achievement Award

Amanda Awards, Norway

2006 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
USA.

Sant Jordi Awards

1992 Winner Sant Jordi
- Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
- Edward Scissorhands

British Animation Awards

2006 Winner BAA
- Best Feature for "Corpse Bride"
- Corpse Bride
Shared with: Mike Johnson

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

2000 Winner Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame

Ottawa International Animation Festival

1984 Winner Audience Award
- Vincent

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia

2011 Nominee Golden Eagle
- Best Foreign Film
- Alice in Wonderland

British Film Institute Awards

2012 Winner BFI Fellowship

DVD Exclusive Awards

2001 Nominee Video Premiere Award
- Best Internet Video Premiere
- The World of Stainboy
Atom/Shockwave.

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2012 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Animated Film
- Frankenweenie
2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2013 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Frankenweenie

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

2007 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Director
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Scream Awards

2010 Nominee Scream Award
- Best Director
- Alice in Wonderland

CinEuphoria Awards

2019 Winner CinEuphoria
- Career - Honorary Award
2011 Winner CinEuphoria
- Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
- Alice in Wonderland

Globes de Cristal Awards, France

2017 Nominee Globe de Cristal
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

2012 Winner IFMCA Award
- Best Archival Release of an Existing Score
The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box
Shared with: Danny Elfman · Jeff Bond · Matt Taylor