In what year was the director of the movie that starred Johnny Depp as constable Ichabod Crane born?
Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton ( ; 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), "" (2007), "Dark Shadows" (2012), and "Frankenweenie" (2012). He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985), the superhero films "Batman" (1989) and its first sequel "Batman Returns" (1992), the sci-fi film "Planet of the Apes" (2001), the fantasy drama "Big Fish" (2003), the musical adventure film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), and the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), which garnered a worldwide gross of over $1 billion.
John Ford filmography John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films. Born in Maine, Ford enter the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star. In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns "The Iron Horse" (1924) and "3 Bad Men" (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama "Four Sons" and the Irish romantic drama "Hangman's House" (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen). In the same year of these last two films, Ford directed his first all-talking film, the short "Napoleon's Barber". The following year he directed his first all-talking feature, "The Black Watch".