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Brad Bird(I)

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Brad Bird in The Incredibles (2004)
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Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in the propane business, and his grandfather, Francis Wesley "Frank" Bird, who was born in County Sligo, Ireland, was a president and chief executive of the Montana Power Company. On a tour of the Walt Disney Studios at age 11, he announced that someday he would become part of its animation team, and soon afterward began work on his own 15-minute animated short. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company. By age 14, barely in high school, Bird was mentored by the animator Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men. Bird recalls Kahl's criticisms as ideal: Kahl would point out shortcomings by gently delivering thoughts on where Bird could improve. After graduating from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon in 1975, Bird took a three-year break. He was then awarded a scholarship by Disney to attend California Institute of the Arts, where he met and befriended another future animator, Pixar co-founder and director John Lasseter.
BornSeptember 24, 1957
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BornSeptember 24, 1957
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 34 wins & 44 nominations total

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Brad Bird in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005)
Brad Bird in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird, Josh Holloway, and Léa Seydoux in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Brad Bird, Bradford Lewis, and Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille (2007)
Peter O'Toole and Brad Bird in Ratatouille (2007)
Brad Bird in The Incredibles (2004)
Craig T. Nelson and Brad Bird in The Incredibles (2004)
Holly Hunter and Brad Bird in The Incredibles (2004)

Known for

Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell, and Spencer Fox in The Incredibles (2004)
The Incredibles
8.0
  • Writer
  • 2004
Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille (2007)
Ratatouille
8.1
  • Writer
  • 2007
Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
Incredibles 2
7.6
  • Additional Crew(Pixar)
  • 2018
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Iron Giant
8.1
  • Writer(uncredited)
  • 1999

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • SparkShorts (2019)
    SparkShorts
    • story trust
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
    Toy Story 4
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2019
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Incredibles 2
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2018
  • Alfonso Arau, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Gael García Bernal, Dyana Ortelli, Herbert Siguenza, and Anthony Gonzalez in Coco (2017)
    Coco
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2017
  • Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, and Armie Hammer in Cars 3 (2017)
    Cars 3
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2017
  • Finding Dory (2016)
    Finding Dory
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2016
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
    The Good Dinosaur
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2015
  • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
    Inside Out
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2015
  • Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, David Foley, Sean Hayes, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Tyler Labine, Joel Murray, Peter Sohn, Bobby Moynihan, and Aubrey Plaza in Monsters University (2013)
    Monsters University
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2013
  • Kelly Macdonald in Brave (2012)
    Brave
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2012
  • Michael Caine, Owen Wilson, Emily Mortimer, and Larry the Cable Guy in Cars 2 (2011)
    Cars 2
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2011
  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, and Don Rickles in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    Toy Story 3
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2010
  • Up (2009)
    Up
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2009
  • Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Andrew Stanton, Lori Alan, Bob Bergen, Ben Burtt, John Cygan, Donald Fullilove, Teresa Ganzel, Jeff Garlin, Jan Rabson, Jess Harnell, Kim Kopf, Sherry Lynn, Laraine Newman, Teddy Newton, Jeff Pidgeon, Jim Ward, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, and Niki McElroy in WALL·E (2008)
    WALL·E
    • senior creative team: Pixar
    • 2008
  • Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)
    Mr. Incredible and Pals
    • dialogue director: commentary
    • Video
    • 2005

Writer

  • 1906
    • screenplay
    • In Development
  • Pixar Popcorn (2021)
    Pixar Popcorn
    • based on characters created by
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Auntie Edna (2018)
    Auntie Edna
    • based on characters created by
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Incredibles 2
    • written by
    • 2018
  • Ming-Na Wen, Scott Adsit, Drake Bell, Anna Graves, Tom Kane, Nolan North, Adrian Pasdar, Laura Bailey, Josh Gad, Kate Higgins, Tiya Sircar, Matt Sloan, Ross Thomas, and Lloyd Floyd in Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015)
    Disney Infinity 3.0
    • characters: Mr Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet Parr, Dashiell 'Dash' Parr, Syndrome, Edna 'E' Mode, Mirage, Rick Dicker
    • Video Game
    • 2015
  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
    Tomorrowland
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 2015
  • Adrian Pasdar, Fred Tatasciore, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, and Roger Craig Smith in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014)
    Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
    • characters: Mr Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet Parr, Dashiell 'Dash' Parr, Syndrome, Edna 'E' Mode, Mirage, Rick Dicker
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Disney Infinity (2013)
    Disney Infinity
    • characters: Mr Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet Parr, Dashiell 'Dash' Parr, Syndrome, Edna 'E' Mode, Mirage
    • Video Game
    • 2013
  • Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2007)
    Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
    • written by (segment Jack-Jack Attack)
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Ratatouille (2007)
    Ratatouille
    • characters
    • Video Game
    • 2007
  • Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille (2007)
    Ratatouille
    • original story by
    • screenwriter
    • 2007
  • John Ratzenberger, Richard McGonagle, and Philip Lawrence in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer (2005)
    The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
    • characters
    • Video Game
    • 2005
  • Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)
    Mr. Incredible and Pals
    • commentary written by
    • Video
    • 2005
  • Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
    Jack-Jack Attack
    • written by
    • Video
    • 2005
  • Richard McGonagle in The Incredibles: When Danger Calls (2004)
    The Incredibles: When Danger Calls
    • based on characters created by
    • Video Game
    • 2004
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell, and Spencer Fox in The Incredibles (2004)
    The Incredibles
    • written by
    • 2004

Director

  • 1906
    • Director
    • In Development
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Incredibles 2
    • Director
    • 2018
  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
    Tomorrowland
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2015
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Brad Bird, Mike Dopud, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Vitaly Kravchenko, Pavel Kríz, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ivan Shvedoff, Mihály Szabados, Ilia Volok, Tom Wilkinson, Andreas Wisniewski, Miraj Grbic, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Caspe, Paul Lazenby, Stephen Lobo, Paula Patton, Roger Narayan, Léa Seydoux, Ali Olomi, and Jessica Belkin in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2011
  • Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2007)
    Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
    • Director (segment Jack-Jack Attack)
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille (2007)
    Ratatouille
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
    Jack-Jack Attack
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2005
  • 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)
    100 Greatest Cartoons
    • Director (original material)
    • TV Special
    • 2005
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell, and Spencer Fox in The Incredibles (2004)
    The Incredibles
    • Director
    • 2004
  • The Iron Giant (1999)
    The Iron Giant
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1991
  • Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman (1990)
    Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1990
  • Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)
    Amazing Stories
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1987
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"Tom Cruise and the Burj Khalifa"
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"Tom Cruise and the Burj Khalifa"
'Incredibles 2' Cast Pick the Perfect Pixar Crossover
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'Incredibles 2' Cast Pick the Perfect Pixar Crossover
The Perfectly Imperfect Timing of 'Incredibles 2'
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The Perfectly Imperfect Timing of 'Incredibles 2'
'Incredibles 2' Stars on Getting Back to Superhero Work
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'Incredibles 2' Stars on Getting Back to Superhero Work

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Baddaxe Bradley Bird
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • September 24, 1957
    • Kalispell, Montana, USA
  • Spouse
    • Elizabeth Canney1988 - present (3 children)
  • Children
      Nicholas Bird
  • Parents
      Philip Cullen Bird
  • Other works
    Directed music video "Do the Bartman"
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

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  • Trivia
    In The Incredibles (2004), he provided the voice for the character Edna Mode on the temporary audio track. Lily Tomlin was approached to voice the character for release, but turned the part down after listening to Brad's scratch track stating that they already had the right voice for the character.
  • Quotes
    When I write things, often at the moment I'm writing, I'm thinking of camera angles; it's not a separate part of the process, it kind of comes out all at the same time. So I have really strong opinions about how things are presented, but at the same time I'm thinking about things that I want to present. It's like when somebody speaks, they assemble words in a certain way, but it's not always that conscious, it just comes out. That's the way film is for me.
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      Use of the letter/number sequence A113, his classroom number at Cal Arts

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