Brad Bird

Film director

1957 –

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Who is Brad Bird?

Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and actor.

Born in Montana, Bird developed a love for the art of animation at an early age and was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men. He was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the California Institute of the Arts alongside John Lasseter and Tim Burton. Afterwards, Bird worked as an animator for Disney and wrote the screenplay for *batteries not included. Bird served as a creative consultant on The Simpsons during its first eight seasons, where he helped develop the show's animation style.

Afterwards, Bird left to direct his first animated feature, Warner Bros.'s The Iron Giant, which fared poorly at the box office but came to be regarded as a modern animated classic. He rejoined Lasseter at Pixar in 2000, where he would develop his second picture, The Incredibles, and third, Ratatouille. Both films place among Pixar's highest-grossing features and gave Bird Academy Award for Best Animated Feature wins and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations. In 2011, Bird transitioned to live-action filmmaking with Mission: ImpossibleGhost Protocol, which became the highest-grossing of its franchise. He is currently attached to direct Tomorrowland.

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Born
Sep 24, 1957
Kalispell
Also known as
  • Phillip Bradley Bird
  • Bloody Bradley Bird
  • Brad
  • Baddaxe Bradley Bird
  • Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird
Parents
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Corvallis High School
  • California Institute of the Arts
Employment
  • Pixar
Lived in
  • Montana
  • Corvallis

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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