The Tim Burton Encyclopedia

Tim Burton is one of the most inventive film-makers, producing films with a comically dark tone, with a twisted slant on conventional story telling. Burton, who was born in 1958, is highly popular and his films have earned, collectively, over $1.7bn worldwide, excluding merchandising.

The author of The Tim Burton Encyclopaedia is Samuel J. Umland, a professor and chair of the English Department at The University of Nebraska, Kearney, where he has taught film and media since 1988. I use the term, “author” advisedly. I had assumed, at first look, that Umland was the editor of it, as is common...