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Phillip Bradley Bird (born on September 24, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana) is an American animator who is known for creating Disney/Pixar's film The Incredibles (2004), and for directing Warner Bros.' The Iron Giant (1999).
Bird started his first animated cartoon at the young age of 11 and finished it at 13. The film got the attention of Walt Disney Studios where, at age 14, Bird was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney’s legendary animators known collectively as the Nine Old Men. Bird graduated from CalArts where he met future Pixar co-founder and director John Lasseter. He eventually landed a job at Disney, but left shortly after working on The Fox and the Hound in 1981. Bird was hired in 1989 by Klasky-Csupo and helped develop The Simpsons from one-minute shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show into a half-hour length series. He served there for several more years as an "Executive Consultant". He worked on several other animated television series, including The Critic and King of the Hill before being hired by Warner Bros. to direct the animated film The Iron Giant. Although the film received critical acclaim, it did not do well at the box office. Bird was eventually hired by his old friend John Lasseter to create The Incredibles (in which he also provided the voice of costume designer Edna Mode). The DVD Director's Commentary for the same film, which they recorded, discusses the problems that he sees in many superhero shows and films and in Saturday morning cartoons with "bad guys". Bird is also a family man and got the inspiration for The Incredibles from his family.
Bird is also the creator (writer, director, and co-producer) of the Family Dog episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories. In addition, Bird co-wrote the screenplay for the live-action film *batteries not included.
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my son's name is James (6) and he asked if we could listen to that Brad @paisleyofficial Christmas song about the bird named James..
Tracypaints (Tracy Murphy) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:58 -0000
my son's name is James (6) and he asked if we could listen to that Brad @paisleyofficial Christmas song about the bird named James..
@EmmaK67 And voiced by Brad Bird himself, how cool!
paulbailey (Paul Bailey) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:02:33 -0000
@EmmaK67 And voiced by Brad Bird himself, how cool!
wtf! my brother's bird keeps on chirping! there are no chirpring birds in either Brad Paisley or Keith Urban's songs!!
punkypoet (Constance Statho) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:30 -0000
wtf! my brother's bird keeps on chirping! there are no chirpring birds in either Brad Paisley or Keith Urban's songs!!
@Glinner Whenever I get to that bit, I picture Brad Bird happily typing the opening scenes, then hitting Act 2 and realising "...oh crap."
richardcobbett (Richard Cobbett) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:58:02 -0000
@Glinner Whenever I get to that bit, I picture Brad Bird happily typing the opening scenes, then hitting Act 2 and realising "...oh crap."
@tissietc Brad Bird, c'est vraiment celui des Simpsons finalement!! Anne-Marie serait fière de moi! j,ai reconnu un nom d'un générique!
mariecookie (marie-claude) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:56:58 -0000
@tissietc Brad Bird, c'est vraiment celui des Simpsons finalement!! Anne-Marie serait fière de moi! j,ai reconnu un nom d'un générique!
He's my hero! I have an autographed poster of Iron Giant! RT @CharsPumpkin Watching The Incredibles with Tom. I (heart) Brad Bird!
rickymar (Team RickyMar) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:17:45 -0000
He's my hero! I have an autographed poster of Iron Giant! RT @CharsPumpkin Watching The Incredibles with Tom. I (heart) Brad Bird!
Storyboarding Innovations on The Iron Giant - Brad Bird, director of Warner Bros. Feature Animation's The Iron Giant, discusses the latest in storyboarding techniques and how he applied them to the film. [Animation World Magazine; Issue 3.8]
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Entertainment: Iron Without Irony - Feature article, film review interview with Brad Bird by Michael Sragow.
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A GIANT Among Animators - Rob Blackwelder interviews Iron Giant director, Brad Bird, for Spliced Online.
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Acclaimed Giant will get a second life on video - by Barbara Vancheri. [Post-Gazette] Feature article and interview with director Brad Bird.
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Ain't It Cool News: Brad Bird Interview - by Moriarity
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Internet Movie Database - Filmography.
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Iron Giant - What if a Gun had a Soul? - By Jamie Allen. [CNN.com] Includes interview in video clips for QuickTime or MPEG-3.
Lean, Mean Fighting Machine - Interview by Bob Miller from the August '99 issue of Animation World Magazine. How Brad Bird has put Warner Feature Animation back on the map.
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What if a Gun had a Soul? - Interview by Amazon.com. Director Brad Bird on the care and maintenance of The Iron Giant.
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