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Brad Bird
Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 24, 1957 (68 years)
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.
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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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.
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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Brad Bird Filmography
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| 1999 | |
| 1993 | Family Dog (TV Series) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) |
| 2028 | Incredibles 3 · as Edna 'e' Mode (voice) |
| 2018 | Auntie Edna · as Edna Mode (voice) |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 · as Edna 'e' Mode / Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2015 | Jurassic World · as Monorail Announcer (voice) |
| 2007 | Ratatouille · as Ambrister Minion (voice) |
| 2004 | The Incredibles · as Edna 'e' Mode (voice) |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Family Dog (voice) |
| 1979 | Doctor of Doom · as Don Carlo's Voice/bystander's Voice |
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| 2021 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2005 | |
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| 2004 | |
| 1993 | Family Dog (TV Series) |
| 1987 | *batteries not included · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) |
| 2028 | |
| 2018 | Auntie Edna · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2007 | Your Friend the Rat · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | One Man Band · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Mr. Incredible and Pals · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, Action · as Self |
| 2022 | Director by Night · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Animation Outlaws · as Self |
| 2019 | The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Director, The Incredibles |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman · as Self - Director 'the Incredibles' And 'ratatouille' |
| 2011 | Pixar: 25 Magic Moments · as Self - Writer / Director, The Incredibles |
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| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Piper's Picks TV (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 2008 | 65th Golden Globe Announcements · as Self - Accepting Award For Best Animated Feature Film |
| 2008 | 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Fog City Mavericks · as Self |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story · as Self |
| 2007 | Dinner Impossible (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 100 Greatest Family Films · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2005 | 100 Greatest Cartoons · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1999 | The Making of 'The Iron Giant' · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Pixar Popcorn (TV Series) · as Based On Characters Created By |
| 2018 | Auntie Edna · as Based On Characters Created By |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland · as Story |
| 2007 | Ratatouille · as Story |
| 2006 | Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 · as Written By |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant · as Screenstory |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Executive Consultant |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Animation Producer |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs · as Animation |
| 1980 | Animalympics · as Animation |