Biography
Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird (born September 15, 1957) is an American director, voice actor, animator and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), and Ratatouille (2007). He also adapted and directed the critically acclaimed 2D animated 1999 Warner Brothers film The Iron Giant. Reviewing the Ratatouille DVD, Eye Weekly offered this characterization of Bird's work: "It's very hard to think of another mainstream...
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Complete Filmography

Megalopolis
2024
Thanks
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

Il était une fois Disney & la France
2023
as Self
French documentary on Walt Disney's relationship with France through his personal and professional life.

Director by Night
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino made his directorial debut with Marvel Studios' Special Presentation "Werewolf by Night." This behind-the-scenes ...

Werewolf by Night
2022
Thanks
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the dea...

The Power of Stone
2022
as Self
A documentary by David and Barbarella Fokos about master stone artist Lew French. Though Lew French first appears as unyielding and imposing as the gr...

EPCOT Recentered
2022
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
An experimental film presenting new solutions to the park's paradoxes and the possibilities for using proven principles to optimize its potential to p...

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
2021
Characters
The TikTok musical sensation, based on the Disney/Pixar film, comes to delicious life for an unprecedented, community-written, Broadway-caliber, lip-s...

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
2019
as Self
New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst others...

Strong Coffee: The Full-Bodied Mind of Pixar’s Brad Bird
2018
as Self - Writer & director
A profile of the acclaimed animator and director Brad Bird featured on the Incredibles 2 Blu-Ray.

Auntie Edna
2018
as Edna Mode (voice)
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

Auntie Edna
2018
Executive Producer
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

Incredibles 2
2018
as Edna 'E' Mode / Additional Voices (voice)
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Incredibles 2
2018
Director, Writer
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
as Self
A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade a...

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Director 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille'
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Jurassic World
2015
as Monorail Announcer (voice)
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

Tomorrowland
2015
Director, Story, Screenplay
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment emba...

Tomorrowland: The Origins of Plus Ultra
2015
Director
A diegetic history of the secret Plus Ultra society from Disney's Tomorrowland movie. Animated by Pixar artists, narrated by Maurice LeMarche as Orson...
Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted
2012
as Self
A documentary that explores the making of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. It focuses on what the film's team went through while shooting in Pr...
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
2012
as Self
A documentary that explores the making of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. It focuses on Brad Bird's transition from directing animation to dir...

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
Director
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...

Pixar 25 Magic Moments
2011
as Self - Writer / Director, The Incredibles
The BBC documentary takes a look into the Pixar studios as they celebrate their 25th birthday and at the creative process involved in creating the ani...

Pixar Short Films
2009
Director, Writer
A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

Partly Cloudy
2009
Thanks
Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people...

Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians
2008
as Self
Making of documentary for Disney's animated feature 101 Dalmatians

Fine Food and Film
2007
as Self
Find out how chef Thomas Keller and director Brad Bird inspire their crews and instill passion and creativity into their work.

Your Friend the Rat
2007
Executive Producer
Let's face it, rats are not the most beloved creatures on earth. However, maybe this little tale about the history of human and rat interaction will c...

Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home i...

The Pixar Story
2007
as Himself
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Ratatouille
2007
as Ambrister Minion (voice)
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

Ratatouille
2007
Director, Story, Screenplay
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...
More Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
as Self
A companion to the original behind-the-scenes featurette, this extended look at the making of The Incredibles offers additional deleted scenes, animat...
More Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
Executive Producer
A companion to the original behind-the-scenes featurette, this extended look at the making of The Incredibles offers additional deleted scenes, animat...

One Man Band
2005
Executive Producer
With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two competing street performers who'd prefer the coin find its way into...

The Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
as Self
The production of the movie, "The Incredibles," shot behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios.

Jack-Jack Attack
2005
Director, Writer
The Parrs' baby Jack-Jack is thought to be normal, not having any super-powers like his parents or siblings. But when an outsider is hired to watch hi...

Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell
2005
Executive Producer
This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why she is a superhero in her own way. (This short pie...

Mr. Incredible and Pals
2005
Writer, Executive Producer
An animated short film produced by Pixar included as a bonus on the DVD edition of the 2004 feature film "The Incredibles."

From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005
as Self
Film critic Joel Siegel gets together with a group of animators, directors and producers to discuss and pay tribute to their mentors and Walt Disney's...

The Incredibles
2004
as Edna 'E' Mode (voice)
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

The Incredibles
2004
Director, Writer
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

The Iron Giant
1999
Director, Screenstory
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...

The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
1999
as Self
Documentary of the making of the animated family film, The Iron Giant.

Family Dog
1988
as Family Dog
An Amazing Stories episode told in three vignettes theatrically released with The Land Before Time, serving as the backdoor pilot to the cartoon serie...

Family Dog
1988
Director, Producer, Writer
An Amazing Stories episode told in three vignettes theatrically released with The Land Before Time, serving as the backdoor pilot to the cartoon serie...

*batteries not included
1987
Screenplay
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his...

Animalympics
1980
Animation
Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North Am...

Doctor of Doom
1979
as Don Carlo's Voice/Bystander's Voice
A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.

Tortoise and the Hare
1979
Director
The short is described as a "Road Runner film" adaptation of the fable, with the tortoise being a villain trying to capture the hare. It also introduc...
Ray Gunn
N/A
Director, Producer, Story
In a futuristic world co-habitated by aliens and humans, the last human private eye is hired to investigate the fidelity of a well-known pop star.

Incredibles 3
N/A
Producer, Writer
The third installment in the Incredibles franchise. Plot TBA.