{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/7087/brad-bird",
  "name": "Brad Bird",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/7087/brad-bird",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "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.\n\nBird 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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nBird 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.\n\nBird 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.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Brad Bird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia",
  "birthDate": "1957-09-24",
  "birthPlace": "Kalispell, Montana, USA",
  "alternateName": [
    "Phillip Bradley Bird",
    "Baddaxe Bradley Bird",
    "Bloody Bradley Bird",
    "Брэд Берд",
    "แบรด เบิร์ด",
    "布拉德·伯德",
    "ブラッド・バード",
    "브래드 버드",
    "براد بيرد"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/z73rItPBDoRUowY5kuWDMlue3DB.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083348"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 456,
      "title": "The Simpsons",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.012,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uWpG7GqfKGQqX4YMAo3nv5OrglV.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/456/the-simpsons-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1026,
      "title": "Amazing Stories",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.468,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/66Utyft9WHPQJSU7f7MbEB72dkc.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1026/amazing-stories-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 2062,
      "title": "Ratatouille",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.839,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/t3vaWRPSf6WjDSamIkKDs1iQWna.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/2062/ratatouille-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 9806,
      "title": "The Incredibles",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.722,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2LqaLgk4Z226KkgPJuiOQ58wvrm.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/9806/the-incredibles-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 27023,
      "title": "The Oscars",
      "year": "1953",
      "role": "as Self / Edna Mode (voice)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/27023/the-oscars-1953"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 260513,
      "title": "Incredibles 2",
      "year": "2018",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.451,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9lFKBtaVIhP7E2Pk0IY1CwTKTMZ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/260513/incredibles-2-2018"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 135397,
      "title": "Jurassic World",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "as Monorail Announcer (voice)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.698,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rhr4y79GpxQF9IsfJItRXVaoGs4.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/135397/jurassic-world-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 56292,
      "title": "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol",
      "year": "2011",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.111,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eRZTGx7GsiKqPch96k27LK005ZL.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/56292/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 158852,
      "title": "Tomorrowland",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.291,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/kziYpr5Nfw60P0My8aj1sgCEqed.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/158852/tomorrowland-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 10386,
      "title": "The Iron Giant",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.952,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ct04FCFLPImNG5thcPLRnVsZlmS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/10386/the-iron-giant-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 592831,
      "title": "Megalopolis",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "Thanks",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.19,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8Sok3HNA3r1GHnK2lCytHyBz1A.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/592831/megalopolis-2024"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 894205,
      "title": "Werewolf by Night",
      "year": "2022",
      "role": "Thanks",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.97,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mvIvNKRIJPPS7WSFarFhOAGIVnU.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/894205/werewolf-by-night-2022"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 15302,
      "title": "The Pixar Story",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vhK51wJybwZTRCPVUOkGpSI4auN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/15302/the-pixar-story-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 11548,
      "title": "*batteries not included",
      "year": "1987",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.701,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8NkpnpdLd8J6zCR8ZGTeGTur4uO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/11548/batteries-not-included-1987"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2827,
      "title": "Family Dog",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.25,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/777qvJ4LphNi79gKbzGVEl9rlQ9.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2827/family-dog-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 30060,
      "title": "The Plague Dogs",
      "year": "1982",
      "role": "Animation",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.854,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gLKf3C4O1ZlkWrz0awUfgRneumL.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/30060/the-plague-dogs-1982"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1327821,
      "title": "Incredibles 3",
      "year": "2028",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/por0sU3WKbboM2e1M6oGlPFAEiF.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1327821/incredibles-3-2028"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 24480,
      "title": "Partly Cloudy",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "Thanks",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.753,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oqYX2AJV53ibLVPrUZ1Z5XlGv5U.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/24480/partly-cloudy-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 47813,
      "title": "Waking Sleeping Beauty",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Self (archive footage)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hywGLq5tMOuKwXfOhYUzoqNNAnU.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/47813/waking-sleeping-beauty-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 940009,
      "title": "Ray Gunn",
      "year": null,
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/d5Wt0kWCrcnAcp5nJDVuDwY4QMf.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/940009/ray-gunn"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 13061,
      "title": "Your Friend the Rat",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sgjkYw2LLdsMzCuhKDZBYbhe7QB.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/13061/your-friend-the-rat-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 13932,
      "title": "Jack-Jack Attack",
      "year": "2005",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.291,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uKMYT8aAJS9LA8IM1juMqbXTtqU.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/13932/jack-jack-attack-2005"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 546728,
      "title": "Auntie Edna",
      "year": "2018",
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ypgqNZGKPh5vLDhDAUUArv1ZSRu.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/546728/auntie-edna-2018"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 374460,
      "title": "A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "as Self - Director 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille'",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.1,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/AocpjUgQ36xR4tHh0tpaY9Tx3HZ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/374460/a-grand-night-in-the-story-of-aardman-2015"
    }
  ]
}