Tom Bertino
Tom Bertino is a professional animator, formerly Animation Director and Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic.
Life
He graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1981. Tom Bertino joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1986 as a Supervisor of the Rotoscope Department. Bertino later moved into the Animation Department. and contributed his talents to a number of feature films including: Star Wars, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Death Becomes Her, The Abyss, The Mask, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Beginning his professional animation career with Sally Cruikshank in 1978, Bertino has worked for Nepenthe, DiC, Hanna-Barbera and Colossal Pictures in a number of capacities including character design, storyboards, layouts, voices and sound effects.
In 1995, Bertino was nominated for an Academy Award for best achievement in visual effects and received a BAFTA nomination in the same category, for the groundbreaking computer graphics imagery he created in The Mask.
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Making Christmas
by: Tim BurtonPerformed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens
of Halloween
CLOWN
This time, this time
GROUP
Making Christmas
CLOWN
Making Christmas
MAYOR
Making Christmas, making Christmas
Is so fine
GROUP
It's ours this time
And won't the children be surprised
It's ours this time
CHILD CORPSE
Making Christmas
MUMMY
Making Christmas
MUMMY AND CORPSE CHILD
Making Christmas
WITCHES
Time to give them something fun
WITCHES AND CREATURE LADY
They'll talk about for years to come
GROUP
Let's have a cheer from everyone
It's time to party
DUCK TOY
Making Christmas, making Christmas
VAMPIRES
Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice
With spider legs and pretty bows
VAMPIRES AND WINGED DEMON
lt's ours this time
CORPSE FATHER
All together, that and this
CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN
With all our tricks we're
CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN, DEVIL
Making Christmastime
WOLF MAN
Here comes jack
JACK
I don't believe what's happening to me
My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies
Hee,hee,hee,hee
HARLEOUIN
Won't they be impressed, I am a genius
See how I transformed this old rat
Into a most delightful hat
JACK
Hmm, my compliments from me to you
On this your most intriguing hat
Consider though this substitute
A bat in place of this old rat
Huh! No, no, no, now that's all wrong
This thing will never make a present
It's been dead now for much too long
Try something fresher, something pleasant
Try again, don't give up
THREE MR. HYDFS
All together, that and this
With all our tricks we're making Christmastime
(instrumental)
GROUP
This time, this time
Making Christmas, making Christmas
La, la, la
It's almost here
GROUP AND WOLF MAN
And we can't wait
GROUP AND HARLEOUIN
So ring the bells and celebrate
GROUP
Cause when the full moon starts to climb
We'll all sing out
JACK
It's Christmastime