American film director and visual artist known for his dark, Gothic fantasy aesthetic — Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Beetlejuice — and the most commercially successful auteur style in Hollywood history.
Created the dominant dark fantasy aesthetic in mainstream Hollywood cinema — Gothic, expressionist, childlike — proving that a genuinely personal artistic vision could be commercially viable at the highest level.
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