LOS ANGELES: Director Tim Burton sank his hands and feet into the cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood , marking a genre-bending resume which has straddled stop-motion, action fantasy and ghoulish horror.
The 58-year-old was recognized for a career spanning three decades which has seen him Oscar-nominated for animated features “Corpse Bride” and “Frankenweenie” and garlanded with numerous other awards for his ecletic ouevre.
“I never thought I’d actually get to attend my own funeral, it’s amazing. I hope it’s this good,” the dishevelled filmmaker joked in the briefest of acceptance speeches.
Burton was introduced by long-time friend and collaborator Winona Ryder, 44, who said she couldn’t think of “two more blessed and treasured hands to be submerged in cement.”
Burton leaves handprints in Hollywood cement
