question: Sylvia Sidney starred in the film Beetlejuice, which was directed by whom?
answer: Tim Burton
context: Title: Merrily We Go to Hell
  Passage: Merrily We Go to Hell is a 1932 pre-Code film starring Academy Award winning actor Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney.  The film was directed by Dorothy Arzner.  The film's title is an example of the sensationalistic titles that were common in the Pre-Code era.  Many newspapers refused to publicize the film because of its racy title.  The title is a line March's character says while making a toast.
  Title: ...One Third of a Nation...
  Passage: ...One Third of a Nation... is a 1939 American drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Dudley Murphy.  The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Hiram Sherman, the future director Sidney Lumet and Muriel Hutchison.  The film was released on February 10, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.
  Title: The Miracle Man (1932 film)
  Passage: The Miracle Man is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Sylvia Sidney and Chester Morris, and featuring Boris Karloff.  It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name.  The film was originally supposed to star Tyrone Power Sr, as the Preacher/Patriarch, but he died before major filming got underway.  His part was then completed by Hobart Bosworth.
  Title: Good Dame
  Passage: Good Dame is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Sam Hellman, Vincent Lawrence and William R. Lipman.  The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Jack La Rue, Noel Francis, Russell Hopton, Bradley Page and Kathleen Burke.  The film was released on February 16, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.
  Title: Beetlejuice
  Passage: Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced "Beetlejuice", portrayed by Michael Keaton) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder) permanently.
  Title: Dead End (1937 film)
  Passage: Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film directed by William Wyler.  It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name.  It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney.  It is notable as being the first film appearance of the Dead End Kids.
  Title: You Only Live Once (1937 film)
  Passage: You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda.  Considered an early film noir, the film was the second directed by Lang in the United States.  At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film due to its then unprecedented violence.  Despite the absence of such scenes, the film was initially successful and is an early film noir classic.
  Title: Sylvia Sidney
  Passage: Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American actress of stage, screen and film, with a career spanning over 70 years, who first rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.  Sidney later on came to be best known for her role as The Maitlands' afterlife case worker, Juno in Tim Burton's 1988 hit comedy film "Beetlejuice".
  Title: We Will Never Die
  Passage: We Will Never Die was a dramatic pageant staged before an audience of 40,000 at Madison Square Garden on March 9, 1943, to raise public awareness of the ongoing mass murder of Europe's Jews.  It was organized and written by screenwriter and author Ben Hecht and produced by Billy Rose and Ernst Lubitsch.  The musical score was composed by Kurt Weill (1900-1950), and staged by Moss Hart (1904-1961), a leading Broadway producer.  The pageant starred Edward G. Robinson, Sylvia Sidney and Paul Muni and subsequently traveled to other cities nationwide.
  Title: Ladies of the Big House
  Passage: Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones.  The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockliffe Fellowes, Purnell Pratt and Frank Sheridan.  The film was released on December 26, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
citations: Sylvia Sidney Beetlejuice