The film director Phillip Bradley Bird He was born on September 24, 1957 in the town of Klispell (Montana), in the United States.
At age 11, after a visit to Disney Studios, he decided that one day he would be part of the team that made animated films. Soon after, he went to work on his own animated short, which ended two years later. The film captured the attention of Disney studios where, at age 14, he was sponsored by the studio’s veteran animator, Milt kahl, who began to give him lessons. In 1975 he finished high school at Corvallis High School in Oregon.
Brad He then took a three-year sabbatical, after which he obtained a scholarship from Disney to study at the California Institute of Art, where he would meet John lasseter, another future animator and co-founder of Pixar Studios; Both young men became friends and collaborators for years to come.
After completing his studies, he briefly worked at Disney Studios, a job he abandoned after the film’s premiere “The Fox and the Hound“, in 1981.
His next job was for television. Bird was the creator (writer, director, and co-producer) of the episode “Family dog“for the animated series of Steven Spielberg, “Amazing Stories“. Also for Sielberg co-wrote the script for the feature film “Our wonderful allies“(1987).
In 1988 he joined the Klasky Csupo company where he helped develop the world famous “The Simpson“from the stories of a minute of”The Tracey Ullman Show“transforming them into the half-hour-long series that would eventually be. His collaboration with Klasky Csupo lasted for a few more years, primarily as an executive consultant. He subsequently worked on other animated series, including”The critic” Y “King of the hill“, before being hired by Warner Bros. to direct the animated film”The iron Giant” (1999).
Soon after, he began working on his next project, for which he was called by his friend. John lassiter. It was about the film “The Incredibles“, what Bird wrote and directed for the Pixar company. The film was a public success, receiving rave reviews that resulted in an Oscar for Best Animated Film and a nomination in the Best Original Screenplay category.
In mid-2005 Pixar asked Bird to take over the direction of the film “Ratatouille“, after the departure of Jan Pinkava. , its previous director. The film, released in 2007 was another box office success that won the Golden Globe award for best animated film and was nominated for five Academy Awards, of which Bird won his second Oscar for best animated film.
The director was also part of the creative team for the successful animated films “Up“(2009) and”toy Story 3“(2010).
His next job, the first in a non-animated film, was “Mission Impossible 4: Phantom Protocol“(2011), fourth installment of the famous series of films based on the mythical television series, with Tom cruise leading the cast. He is currently working on an adaptation of the novel “1906“, which recounts the state of corruption after the San Francisco earthquake at the beginning of the 20th century.
In his personal life, Bird married the film editor Elizabeth canney, in the year 1988; they both have three children.