Tim Burton’s animation work will be a major element of the upcoming Film Benefit gala benefit and exhibition honoring the filmmaker at New York’s famed Museum of Modern Art.
The exhibition, which runs Nov. 22 to April 26, will showcase work from the director’s entire career, from childhood drawings through sketches, drawings, paintings, storyboards, maquettes, costumes and other elements created for Burton’s films.
Among them will be a number of works spotlighting Burton’s animation career, from his time as a student at CalArts, where he made his graduate project film The Stalk of the Celery Monster in 1979, to his work as an in-betweener at Disney on such projects as The Fox and the Hound. It also will show his early work on the film that became The Nightmare Before Christmas, which Burton produced.
The exhibition also will feature screenings of all of Burton’s films, which include Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the forthcoming Alice in Wonderland.
The exhibition will kick off with a gala benefit dinner on Nov. 17. Tables for the Film Benefit are available for $75,000, $50,000, and $25,000; individual tickets cost $5,000 and $2,500 per person. Tables and individual tickets may be reserved by calling (212) 708-9402 or e-mail specialevents@moma.org.
