Brad Bird

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brad Bird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Incredibles

Ratatouille

Amazing Stories

The Oscars

Jurassic World

Incredibles 2

All Movies (27)

Incredicoaster | Disneyland Resort2025 · as Edna Mode (voice)
Il était une fois Disney & la France2023 · as Self
Director by Night2022 · as Self (archive footage)
The Power of Stone2022 · as Self
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece2019 · as Self
Strong Coffee: The Full-Bodied Mind of Pixar’s Brad Bird2018 · as Self - Writer & director
Auntie Edna2018 · as Edna Mode (voice)
Incredibles 22018 · as Edna 'E' Mode / Additional Voices (voice)
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant2016 · as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015 · as Self - Director 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille'
Jurassic World2015 · as Monorail Announcer (voice)
Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted2012 · as Self
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions2012 · as Self
Pixar 25 Magic Moments2011 · as Self - Writer / Director, The Incredibles
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!2010 · as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians2008 · as Self
Fine Food and Film2007 · as Self - Screenwriter/Director
Fog City Mavericks2007 · as Self
The Pixar Story2007 · as Self
Ratatouille2007 · as Ambrister Minion (voice)
More Making of 'The Incredibles'2005 · as Self
The Making of 'The Incredibles'2005 · as Self
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men2005 · as Self
The Incredibles2004 · as Edna 'E' Mode (voice)
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'1999 · as Self
Doctor of Doom1979 · as Don Carlo's Voice/Bystander's Voice

All TV Shows (4)

Amazing Stories1985 · as Scientist #2
Amazing Stories1985 · as Family Dog (Voice)
The Oscars1953 · as Self / Edna Mode (voice)
The Oscars1953 · as Self