Brad Bird
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Born 1957-09-24
Kalispell, Montana, USA
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Philip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning over four decades in both live-action and animation.
Bird was born in Montana and grew up in Oregon. He developed an interest in the art of animation early on, and completed his first short subject by age 14. Bird sent the film to Walt Disney Productions, leading to an apprenticeship from the studio's Nine Old Men. He attended the California Institute of the Arts in the late 1970s, and worked for Disney shortly thereafter.
In the 1980s, Bird worked in film development with various studios. He co-wrote Batteries Not Included (1987), and developed two episodes of Amazing Stories for Steven Spielberg, including its spin-off (based on a segment written by Bird for the show), the widely panned animated sitcom Family Dog. Afterwards, Bird joined the animated sitcom The Simpsons as creative consultant for eight seasons. He directed the animated film The Iron Giant (1999); though acclaimed, it was a box-office bomb.
Bird moved to Pixar where he wrote and directed two successful animated films, The Incredibles (2004) and Ratatouille (2007). They earned Bird two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature wins and Best Original Screenplay nominations. He transitioned to live-action filmmaking with similarly successful Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), he then directed Disney's Tomorrowland (2015). He returned to Pixar to develop Incredibles 2 (2018), which became the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run, and earned him another nomination for the Academy Award. In 2026, he is set to partner with Skydance Animation to direct Ray Gunn, a sci-fi noir film he’s wanted to make for over thirty years.
Bird has a reputation for supervising his projects to a high degree of detail. He advocates for creative freedom and the possibilities of animation, and has criticized its stereotype as children's entertainment, or classification as a genre, rather than an art.
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Filmography
The Simpsons
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
Jurassic World
Incredibles 2
Amazing Stories
The Oscars
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Werewolf by Night
Tomorrowland
The Iron Giant
Megalopolis
*batteries not included
Auntie Edna
Partly Cloudy
The Pixar Story
Jack-Jack Attack
Incredibles 3
One Man Band
Ray Gunn
Family Dog
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Plague Dogs
Your Friend the Rat
Director by Night
Animalympics
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Mr. Incredible and Pals
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
Fog City Mavericks
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
The Making of 'The Incredibles'
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
More Making of 'The Incredibles'
Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell
Pixar 25 Magic Moments
Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Fine Food and Film
Il était une fois Disney & la France
Doctor of Doom
Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort
The Power of Stone
Tomorrowland: The Origins of Plus Ultra
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
Strong Coffee: The Full-Bodied Mind of Pixar’s Brad Bird
Tortoise and the Hare
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
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