Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was directed by a man.
Miss Peregrine 's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 American dark fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman , based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs . Timothy Walter Burton ( [ ˈbɜrtən ] born August 25 , 1958 ) is an American film director , producer , artist , writer and animator . He is known for his dark , gothic , eccentric and quirky fantasy films such as Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , Edward Scissorhands ( 1990 ) , the animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) , the biographical film Ed Wood ( 1994 ) , the horror fantasy Sleepy Hollow ( 1999 ) , and later efforts such as Corpse Bride ( 2005 ) , Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( 2007 ) , Dark Shadows ( 2012 ) and Frankenweenie ( 2012 ) .