Brad Bird - my 285th pick to be named a Disney Legend

Brad Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer, and occasional voice actor who is best known for directing and wrote the movie, The Iron Giant. He is my 285th pick to be named a Disney Legend.

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. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company. By age 14, barely in high school, Bird was mentored by the animator Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men. Bird recalls Kahl's criticisms as ideal: Kahl would point out shortcomings by gently delivering thoughts on where Bird could improve.

For Disney, Bird directed Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles (2004), it's 2018 sequel and 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. He has also won several Annie awards. He also voiced Edna Mode in The Incredibles and the Ambrister Minion in Ratatouille. He also directed the 2015 science fiction film, Tomorrowland.

He is also the father of actors Michael and Nicholas Bird.

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Feature Film Filmography

Year     Film     Position           Subsidiary

1981    The Fox and the Hound          Animator (uncredited)            Walt Disney Animation Studios

1985    The Black Cauldron     Animator (uncredited)            Walt Disney Animation Studios

2004    The Incredibles            Writer/Director/Voice Actor (Edna Mode)     Pixar

2007    Ratatouille       Writer/Director/Voice Actor (Ambrister Minion)

2009    Up        Senior Creative Team

2010    Toy Story 3

2012    Brave

2013    Monsters University

2015    Tomorrowland            Director/Screenplay/Producer           Walt Disney Pictures

Inside Out        Senior Creative Team Pixar

2016    Zootopia          Special Thanks             Walt Disney Animation Studios

2017    Cars 3 Pixar

2018    Incredibles 2    Writer/Director/Voice Actor (Edna Mode)