Brad Bird Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Brad Bird

Brad Bird

Directing

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

Filmography Movies

Acting

The Pixar Story movie poster
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The Pixar Story

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The Pixar Story
Self
Pixar 25 Magic Moments movie poster
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Pixar 25 Magic Moments

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Pixar 25 Magic Moments
Self - Writer / Director, The Incredibles
The Making of 'The Incredibles' movie poster
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The Making of 'The Incredibles'

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The Making of 'The Incredibles'
Self
Doctor of Doom movie poster
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Doctor of Doom

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Doctor of Doom
Don Carlo's Voice/Bystander's Voice
Waking Sleeping Beauty movie poster
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Waking Sleeping Beauty

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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Iron Giant' movie poster
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The Making of 'The Iron Giant'

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The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
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The Power of Stone movie poster
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The Power of Stone

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The Power of Stone
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Director by Night movie poster
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Director by Night

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Director by Night
Self (archive footage)
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men movie poster
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From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men

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From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
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Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians movie poster
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Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians

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Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians
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Production

The Iron Giant movie poster
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The Iron Giant

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The Iron Giant
Director
Ratatouille movie poster
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Ratatouille

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Ratatouille
Director
Ray Gunn movie poster
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Ray Gunn

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Ray Gunn
Director
Ray Gunn movie poster
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Ray Gunn

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Ray Gunn
Producer
*batteries not included movie poster
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*batteries not included

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*batteries not included
Screenplay
The Incredibles movie poster
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The Incredibles

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The Incredibles
Director
Your Friend the Rat movie poster
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Your Friend the Rat

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Your Friend the Rat
Executive Producer
Jack-Jack Attack movie poster
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Jack-Jack Attack

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Jack-Jack Attack
Director
Jack-Jack Attack movie poster
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Jack-Jack Attack

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Jack-Jack Attack
Writer
One Man Band movie poster
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One Man Band

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One Man Band
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Gallery

Brad Bird portrait
Brad Bird portrait
Brad Bird portrait
Brad Bird portrait