蒂姆·伯頓（Tim Burton），導演、夢想傢，特立獨行的好萊塢鬼纔。童年生活封閉而孤獨，與漫畫和電影為友。在加州藝術學院學習時幸運地得到瞭迪士尼奬學金，卻在迪士尼遭遇瞭備受摺磨的人生低潮，其強烈個性與“僵屍流水綫”發生瞭嚴重衝突，但也因此被人賞識，意外當上瞭導演。他善於運用象徵和隱喻的手法，在電影中編織齣一個個充滿魔幻狂想和細膩感傷的迷人世界，形成瞭以前衛、黑暗和怪異著稱的伯頓式風格，因而成為當今全球最具票房號召力的作者導演之一。代錶作有《剪刀手愛德華》《大魚》《理發師托德》《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》等，更多資訊參見其官網http://www.timburton.com。

馬剋·索爾茲伯裏（Mark Salisbury），曾任英國《帝國》雜誌編輯，美國暢銷電影雜誌《首映》的撰稿人。著有《麵具背後：好萊塢怪物製造商的秘密》《蒂姆·伯頓的〈僵屍新娘〉》等。

鬍旭申，伯頓影迷，哥特文學愛好者，曾經獨自走遍伯頓電影中的英國取景地。畢業於英國約剋大學，工程管理碩士。

Tim Burton is one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema, a director who has fabricated his own deliciously nightmarish universe in movies as extraordinary as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks! - not to mention his twisted take on the tales of Batman, Sleepy Hollow, and Planet of the Apes. Coinciding with the release of his re-imagining of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with long-time comrade Johnny Depp, this updated and fully illustrated new edition of the definitive Burton interview book casts light on Burton's Burbank childhood, his early work at Disney, the recurrent themes and stunning designs of his movies, and the creative obsessions that fuel them. One of the best - selling books in the series, this brings his career right up to date Includes interviews on all of his most recent films, including the long awaited Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He never gives interviews, so this is the one opportunity film fans will have of hearing Tim Burton's opinions on his work