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Brad Bird

Highest Rated: 97% The Incredibles (2004)

Lowest Rated: 49% Tomorrowland (2015)

Birthday: Sep 24, 1957

Birthplace: Kalispell, Montana, USA

Brad Bird was born Phillip Bradley Bird on Sept. 24, 1957 in Kalispell, MT. Bird's professional story is often said to have begun when, at age 11, he met Walt Disney Studios animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson during a tour of the studio. Having earned the animators' interest, Bird managed to get their eyes on an original animated short film that he completed two years later. By the time he was 14, Bird had become the protégée of Disney animator Milt Kahl; when it came time for Bird to pursue higher education, Disney awarded him a scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts. Following graduation, he began working for Disney as an animator. His early projects included the short film "The Small One" (1978) and the feature film "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), during production of which Bird was fired for a contentious relationship with upper management. From there, he leapt directly to the world of television, all the while maintaining footing in the film world with projects like "*batteries not included" (1987), which he co-wrote. Bird worked on "Amazing Stories" (NBC 1985-87), helped to develop "The Simpsons" (Fox 1989-), and worked on "The Critic" (ABC/Fox 1994-95) and "King of the Hill" (Fox 1997-2010). Bird made his feature directorial debut with the critically beloved "The Iron Giant" (1999), which earned him a job at the blossoming animation company Pixar, ultimately landing him back beneath the Disney umbrella. With the company, Brad directed and produced the "The Incredibles" (2004), an adventure film about a family of superheroes, and "Ratatouille" (2007), a comedy about a rat who works with a French chef to create gourmet meals. Next, he'd move into the world of live-action directing, helming "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (2011), the fourth film in the "Mission: Impossible" film franchise. His next live-action effort, "Tomorrowland" (2015), would prove a critical and commercial disappointment, and Bird would return to animation thereafter. He directed "Incredibles 2" (2018), which ranked among the highest grossing animated films of all time.

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Highest rated movies

97% 75% The Incredibles Watchlist 96% 90% The Iron Giant Watchlist 96% 87% Ratatouille Watchlist 94% 76% Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Watchlist 93% 84% Incredibles 2 Watchlist
65% 64% *batteries not Included
Watchlist
49% 50% Tomorrowland Watchlist
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Watchlist
The Power of Stone Watchlist
88% One Man Band
Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Power of Stone Self - 2023
No Score Yet 80% Auntie Edna Edna Mode (E) (Voice) - 2018
93% 84% Incredibles 2 Edna Mode (E) (Voice),
Director,
Screenwriter
$608.6M 2018
49% 50% Tomorrowland Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$93.4M 2015
94% 76% Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Director $209.4M 2011
96% 87% Ratatouille Ambrister Minion (Voice),
Director,
Writer
$206.4M 2007
No Score Yet 88% One Man Band Executive Producer - 2005
97% 75% The Incredibles Edna Mode (Voice),
Director,
Screenwriter
$261.4M 2004
96% 90% The Iron Giant Director,
Screenwriter
- 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazing Stories: The Movie III Unknown (Voice) - 1990
65% 64% *batteries not Included Screenwriter $32.9M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazing Stories: The Movie II Director - 1985

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character),
Director,
Writer
1985 1987