The Tim Burton You've Never Seen

A new exhibit is kicking off this month at the Museum of Modern Art in New York featuring never seen before work from director, writer, artist, and film producer Tim Burton, most known for films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Edward Scissorhands," and "Batman."

The exhibit features over 700 pieces-drawings, paintings and films- done over the span of Burton's career, some dating before fame. The gallery exhibit is titled simply "Tim Burton," and the film exhibition is titled "Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters." Burton has always found excitement in the unusual, and has used that to create the fantasies worlds in his films.



Tim Burton himself will be at MoMA for a book signing on the 18th of the month, and he will introduce the screening of his film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," which will kick off the tribute showing of his films at the museum throughout November.

The exhibit ends in April 2010. Tim Burton's newest film "Alice in Wonderland" is also set to hit theatres in 2010.

For more information about the exhibit, check out the MoMA website.