Does Tim Burton Have Asperger's

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14 Apr 2009, 11:27 pm

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I don't think he does, by virtue of the fact that he's a director which is a job i'd imagine requires lots of human interaction and getting large groups of people to do as you please. Surely that would be extremely difficult for someone with asperger's.

But then again, Spielberg is officially an aspie...

fairly narrow to assume someone with AS cannot be a director. Obsessive interest, the capacity to hyperfocus, a capacity to communicate and talk in relation to a special interest.... persevering with specific goals, attention to detail....

Directing does not require "social" engagement with others. It simply requires the communication of what needs to be done. He would be working within the realm of a special interest.........

I do not know if Tim Burton is autistic or not. It's his business i suppose.
But lots of creative people are autistic and work in creative fields with others.
I'm not one of them. I need to work alone. But that does not mean they do not exist. :roll:

and there are plenty of people here on WP who go off to work each day or to college and work WITH people and manage to do that. Again, I am not one of them...not really possible for me...i am too severe to manage full days with people day in and day out - that is pure burnout and meltdown material for me ........but they do exist........

I have Aspergers, and I plan on being a director when I am older.
I get along FINE and am usually the leader in video projects, and I am very focussed on my movies.
I don't have any problem seeing Tim Burton have Aspergers.

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08 Jan 2011, 4:44 pm

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His wife Helena Bonham Carter said he was. Here's an excerpt from an article I read about it:

"Tim Burton may be autistic - according to his long-term partner Helena Bonham Carter. The 'Charlie and the Chocolate' director has some of the symptoms of Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - because he is highly intelligent but lacks in social skills, according to the actress. "We were watching a documentary about autism and he said that's how he felt as a child. Autistic people have application and dedication. You can say something to Tim when he's working and he doesn't hear you. But that quality also makes him a fantastic father, he has an amazing sense of humour and imagination. He sees things other people don't see" Helena, who has acted in four of her partner's films, recently starred in a TV movie in which she plays the mother of four autistic children."

EDIT: Whoops! I typed this comment before I hit play on your video, obviously you already encountered this quote.

wow i cant help but giggle at this cause i associate helena bonham carter as bellatrix lestrange

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08 Jan 2011, 4:48 pm

I love his work. I didn't like Alice In Wonderland much until I watched his version of it. I love his interpretation of the ideas. I love his Cheshire cat and Mad Hatter.

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08 Jan 2011, 8:36 pm

I'm not sure if Tim Burton is on the spectrum or not, but I do know one thing for sure: I love his movies so much that they have been my primary special interest for the past year, and they have also spun off into lots of secondary interests as well. My all-time favorite Tim Burton movies are Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd.

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12 Dec 2012, 3:13 pm

To answer your question: YES, he probably DOES have Aspergers. At least HE himself thinks so, and so does his long-time partner, Helena Bonha-Carter.

Quoting this article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... urton.html

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But she believes that his silence goes beyond shyness. In an interview a couple of years ago, given to promote a drama about the mother of autistic boys, she said: 'While making this drama, I realised he has a bit of Asperger's in him.

'You start recognising the signs. We were watching a documentary about autism and he said that was how he felt as a child.
f Helena Bonham-Carter starring in film, Planet of the Apes (2001)

'People with Asperger's Syndrome have application and dedication. You can say something to Tim when he's working and he doesn't hear you. But that quality also makes him a fantastic father. He has an amazing sense of humour and imagination, he sees things other people don't see. Billy is enchanted by him.'

I believe he has it, too. It has always been pretty obvious, I think.

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12 Dec 2012, 3:21 pm

I read he does. I also remember someone saying over at AFF they met Johnny Depp and he said he doesn't have it but he has traits of it but Tim Burton however does.

I have read rumors about Johnny Depp having it but according to himself he does not and only has traits of it.

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12 Dec 2012, 3:33 pm

TIm burton and quitin tarentino are the poster childs for aspergers in hollywood.

It's alot more common in entertainment than most people think.

It's really my pet peeve about common perception.

Aspies can fly under that radar if there special interest are of a social nature.

Of course your never gonna here of these public figures acknowledge it. It's worst than being openly gay.

It's a scientific reason why you may be incompetent or atleast you'll be told that by public relations fellow.

Or worst yet it's something that can be exploited by your competition.

There's also a powerful stigma, with most people when considering the disorder. It's such a threatening thing to so many people.

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12 Dec 2012, 3:43 pm

Unless Tim Burton (not his wife!) comes out himself and says he, himself, has autism, I'm not going to believe it. There are [i]a lot[/i] of reasons why people might relate to the experience of autistic children, and not all of those reasons are even related to having a similar disability.

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