Brad Bird

Brad Bird was born on Kalispell, Montana on September 24, 1957. He directed two episodes of The Simpsons in 1990 and 1991. In 1993, he created the TV series Family Dog. He was the executive consultant for The Critic, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.

He worked on the 2004 animated film The Incredibles which won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year. He won the same Oscar award in 2007 for Ratatouille. Ratatouille also won the 2008 BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film and Best Writing from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

His directorial work also includes Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Tomorrowland (2015), and Incredibles 2 (2015). He served as a writer for the video games Disney Infinity, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, and Disney Infinity 3.0.