Brad Bird Filmography

Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is a critically acclaimed American director, voice actor, animator and screenwriter. He is best known for having written and directed Warner Bros.' The Iron Giant , and Pixar's The Incredibles and Ratatouille . He made his live-action film directing debut with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . All of Brad Bird's films have received universal acclaim . On Rotten Tomatoes, his four films average a 95.75% rating, making him one of the most acclaimed living filmmakers, animated or otherwise. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four... children of Marjorie A. and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in the propane business, and his grandfather, Francis Wesley "Frank" Bird, who was born in 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.
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