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Brad Bird
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Animator, Consultant/advisor, Screen Story
Biography:A filmmaker who possess the rare ability to truly instill his animated creations with lifelike sentiments, identifiable emotions, and most of all heart, director Brad Bird has found notable success in film with such efforts as The Iron Giant and The Incredibles. Rising through the ranks with an impressive resumé, which includes such popular animated efforts as television's The Simpsons and the groundbreaking Amazing Stories episode "Family Dog," it seemed only a matter of time before the gifted storyteller ventured into feature territory. By the time Bird stepped behind the camera for 1999's endearing boy-meets-giant-robot fable The Iron Giant, it was obvious to all who saw the film what a unique talent the director really possessed. Began at age eleven and completed when the fledgling Bird was a tender fourteen, his first animated film eventually caught the attention of Walt Disney Studios -- and it... Full Biography
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Director Brad Bird, left, and Peter O'Toole (who voices the character Ego) work on "Ratatouille"...
From left: director Brad Bird, actor Patton Oswalt (who voices the character of Remy) and producer...
John Walker, producer of "The Incredibles", John Lasseter, executive VP, creative, Pixar...
John Walker, producer of "The Incredibles", John Lasseter, executive VP, creative, Pixar...
John Walker, producer of "The Incredibles", John Lasseter, executive VP, creative, Pixar...
Brad Bird, writer/director of "The Incredibles", John Lasseter, executive VP, creative,...
Brad Bird, nominee Best Animated Feature for “The Incredibles,” with John Lasseter (far right) and...
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