Tim Burton has stated that his days of directing films for the Hollywood studio Disney are over. The 64-year-old director, who began his career at Disney as an animator right out of college, recalled his experience directing Disney’s 2019 film Dumbo.

Burton described the film, a reimagining of Walt Disney‘s 1941 animated feature, as a “horrible big circus” to the entertainment news website Deadline.

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Here’s a list of notable Tim Burton Disney films:

Frankenweenie (1984)

The short film, which Burton co-wrote and directed, is about Sparky, the Frankenstein family’s dog, who is revived following a horrible accident courtesy to Victor (Barret Oliver). However, a stitched-up Sparky raises a stir, and Victor must persuade his neighbours (as well as his parents) that Sparky is still a man’s best friend despite his appearance.

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

In this fascinating tale, which Burton both wrote and produced, Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon) rules over Halloween Town as the Pumpkin King. Each holiday gets its own magical country. He comes into Christmas Town because he is sick of the same old tricks and treats and chooses to decorate his house. However, his scheme to stuff Santa’s shoes—er, stockings—fails, leaving rag doll Sally (voice of O’Hara) to mend the damage.

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

This movie, which was made by Burton and was based on the cherished children’s novel by Roald Dahl, centres on a young boy named James (James Henry Trotter), who gains magical crocodile tongues after saving a spider from his horrible aunts. When James unintentionally spills them in the garden, a huge peach emerges. James discovers a gang of human-sized bugs inside the peach, including a centipede, an earthworm, a glowworm, a grasshopper, a lady bug, and a spider, who assist him in escaping his aunts and facing his history. 

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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Burton directed the live-action retelling of the well-loved tale, which was influenced by Lewis Carroll’s famous works and the Disney animated picture of the same name. Alice (Wasikowska), who is now 19 years old, revisits the fantastical world she first discovered as a young child. But this Wonderland is a realm unimaginable to most people. She meets a variety of colourful characters along the road, including the villainous The Jabberwocky (voiced by Christopher Lee), the Mad Hatter (Depp), the White Queen (Hathaway), the Red Queen (Bonham Carter), the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas), and more.

Frankenweenie (2012)

The memorable black-and-white picture Burton directed, produced, and wrote was an extension of the short film he had made in 1984. Victor Frankenstein (voice of Charlie Tahan) utilises science to revive his beloved dog Sparky after suffering the sudden loss of the animal. The village learns that having a fresh “leash on life” may be horrible once Sparky escapes despite his attempts to conceal his home-made creature.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

In this Burton-produced follow-up to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice (Wasikowska) is older and wiser after having followed in her father’s footsteps and travelled to sea. She finds a magical looking glass that takes her to the Underland once she returns to London. The White Queen (Hathaway) sends her to locate the Chronosphere, which powers all time, after she discovers that the Mad Hatter (Depp) has lost his Muchness. To save her companion, Alice must go back in time and confront Time (Sacha Baron Cohen).

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Dumbo (2019)

Burton helmed a live-action adventure that reimagines the cherished classic 78 years after the animated movie of the same name was premiered. In order to care for a newborn elephant whose huge ears make him a laughingstock in a failing travelling circus, circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) recruits former actor Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children. But the circus makes a stunning comeback when they learn Dumbo can fly. It draws suave businessman V.A. Vandevere (Keaton), who hires the strange pachyderm for his brand-new, outrageously extravagant entertainment enterprise, Dreamland. Along with the stunning and endearing aerialist Colette Marchant (Eva Green), Dumbo flies to new heights, until Holt realises that Dreamland is more of horror below its shiny exterior.