Samuel J. Umland is professor of English and department chair, University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is the editor of Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations (1995) and coauthor of Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side (2006).
This work spans the life and career (through 2015) of filmmaker Tim
Burton. . . .This volume presents nearly 200 entries alphabetically
and concludes with a selected bibliography and an index. The
most informative entries relate to Burton's films and the primary
production crew members and collaborators with whom he regularly
worked. . . .[W]ell-written, this encyclopedia will mostly interest
a general audience or collectors of Burton-related material and
memorabilia. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.
*CHOICE*
[T]his is an interesting, valuable study of one of Hollywood's most
innovative filmmakers.
*American Reference Books Annual*
[T]he book is a worthy source of information about a unique film
director. It will be useful for source material and as a reference
work for libraries serving visual arts, film production and film
history courses and will no doubt be appreciated by the fans of the
director.
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Author Umland examines, in great detail, every aspect of Burton’s
kaleidoscopic work. . . .Fans of Burton, and of film in general,
will find Umland’s detailed work a bonanza, when it comes to more
fully analyzing and appreciating one of modern cinema’s most
innovative storytellers.
*Pop Culture Classics*
Chronicling his nearly 35 year career and impact on pop culture
through his uniquely dark and whimsical tales, The Tim Burton
Encyclopedia by Samuel J. Umland provides readers and film
enthusiasts of Burton’s colorful career a detailed overview of the
artist, his many works and frequent collaborators. . . .The Tim
Burton Encyclopedia serves its purpose as a solid reference of the
Beetlejuice director’s eccentric career with countless sections of
enlightening material for Burton’s most informed appreciators.
*Mike's Pop Culture Playhouse*
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