As a teen in Burbank High School Burton was "never a good student", Burton didn't enjoy what he studied and was always found his pleasure in painting, drawing and watching films, and has be described as a "introspective person". Burton has described him self as he "feels like an outsider", and one of Tim Burtons films Dark Shadows was inspired because of the feeling of being an outsider. "The thing that freaked me about it was that I had that feeling, I still have that feeling like you don't fit into your environment and society or whatever."
An Auteur is nearly always a director, but this doesn't mean all directors are considered an Auteur. An Auteur director is a director that brings to their films signs of individuality, for example the narrative is constructed, The way certain themes are explored or the visual style of the film. The idea is that the director's personality is reflected through the following;
- Narrative Construction (Story Line)
- Themes Explored
- Visual Style
Tim Burton is an example of an Auteur director with many of his films being easily recognisable as one of Burtons, an example of this would be both Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow, both easily comparable to each other.
