Brad Bird
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 Brad Bird facts

• Bird developed a love for the art of animation at an early age and was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men
• He was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the California Institute of the Arts alongside John Lasseter and Tim Burton
• Afterwards, Bird worked as an animator for Disney and wrote the screenplay for Batteries Not Included (1987)
• Bird served as a creative consultant on The Simpsons during its first eight seasons, where he helped develop the show's animation style
• Afterwards, Bird left to direct his first animated feature, The Iron Giant (1999), which fared poorly at the box office but came to be regarded as a modern animated classic
• He rejoined Lasseter at Pixar in 2000, where he would develop his second picture, The Incredibles (2004), and his third picture, Ratatouille (2007)
• Both films place among Pixar's highest-grossing features and gave Bird two Academy Award for Best Animated Feature wins and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations
• In 2011, Bird transitioned to live-action filmmaking with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which became the highest-grossing and best reviewed film of its franchise
• His latest film, Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney, was released in May 2015