Lena Gieseke is a German painter, academic, and special effects technician. She is mostly known for being the first and only wife of American filmmaker, artist, author, and animator Timothy Walter “Tim” Burton. She has more than 10 credits for visual effects in different movies and Television series.
Early Life and Bio: Lena Gieseke
Lena was born in Bremen, Germany on September 12, 1965. Currently, there are no records of her parental background. There is no information relating to her early life and childhood.
She is of German nationality. She has not revealed information regarding her ethnic background.
Education: Lena Gieseke
Between 2000 and 2004, she attended Universität Koblenz for a Bachelor of Science degree. She subsequently earned an MFA degree in dramatic media from the University of Georgia in 2007. In 2012, she joined the Universität Stuttgart’s digital media doctoral program as a scholarship student to obtain a PhD degree.
Physical Appearance: Lena Gieseke
Talking about her physical information, there are no details regarding her physical appearance. We do not have information regarding her height and weight. She stands at a decent height and has a good body physique. She has brown eyes and black hair colour.
Cinematic Contributions: Lena Gieseke
As an employee at Scanline VFX, Lena Gieseke worked on her first film, the German comedy ‘1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde’, in 2008. In the ensuing years, she has been associated with telefilm ‘Die Jahrhundertlawine’ (2008), live-action comedy adventure ‘Vicky the Viking’ (2009) and its sequel ‘Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods’ (2011), drama ‘Berlin ’36’ (2009), American epic disaster science fiction ‘2012’ (2009), telefilm ‘Westflug – Entführung aus Liebe’ (2010), comedy ‘Otto’s Eleven’ (2010), period drama ‘Hotel Lux’ (2011), and American epic fantasy ‘Immortals’ (2011). Her most recent cinematic project is the 2011 family fantasy ‘Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel’ (When Santa Fell to Earth), which was based on a 2004 novel of the same name by German author Cornelia Funke.
Relationship with Tim Burton
Lena Gieseke and Tim Burton met at a party in London. At the time, she was an aspiring painter, and he was a talented filmmaker who had gained much recognition for directing ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ (1985) and ‘Beetlejuice’ (1988). The couple got married on February 24, 1987 and four years later, on December 31, 1991, they parted ways.
She is Burton’s first and only spouse. After the divorce, Burton had a nine-year-long relationship with model and actress Lisa Marie from 1992 to 2001. However, some sources claim that Gieseke and Burton’s marriage dissolved because he had an affair with Lisa Marie.
Net Worth
Currently there is no information regarding Lena Gieseke’s salary and net worth. She has not opened up about her earnings and net worth. Her ex husband Tim Burton has an estimated net worth of $140 million which indeed is humungous.
Social Media
Lena Gieseke likes to stay away from media attention as much as possible. She is therefore not active on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.