Brad Bird
Year Title Notes
1983 Garfield on the Town Animator
1985-1987 Amazing Stories Writer of episode : The Main Attraction Director , writer and animation producer of episode : Family Dog
1989-1998 The Simpsons Executive consultant and directed episodes : Krusty Gets Busted and Like Father , Like Clown
1991 Rugrats Animator Episode : Tommy Pickles and The Great White Thing
1993 Family Dog Creator
1994-1995 The Critic Executive consultant
1997 King of the Hill Creative consultant and visual consultant
Television
Phillip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor best known for his animated feature films The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and Incredibles 2 (2018). His live action films are (2011) and Tomorrowland (2015). Bird developed a love for the art of animation at an early age and was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's reputed Nine Old Men. He was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the California Institute of the Arts alongside John Lasseter and Tim Burton. Afterward, Bird worked as an animator for Disney in The Fox and the Hound (1981) and The Black Cauldron (1985) and wrote the screenplay for Batteries Not Included (1987). Bird served as a creative consultant on The Simpsons during its first eight seasons, where he helped develop the show's animation style. Bird directed his first animated feature film, The Iron Giant, in 1999. Although it fared poorly at the box office, it came to be regarded as a modern animated classic. He rejoined John Lasseter at Pixar in 2000, where he developed his second animated film, The Incredibles (2004). He directed his third film, Ratatouille, in 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. In 2011, Bird directed his first live action film, , which was a critical and commercial success.