Editing Brad Bird

{{Crew
|name= Brad Bird
|image= [[File:Brad Bird.jpg|200px]]
|gender= {{Male cast}}
|job= Consultant<br>Animator<br>Director
|birthdate= {{birthdate|1957|9|24}}
|deathdate= 
|status= Inactive
|episodes= 180
|seasons= [[Season 1]] - [[Season 9|9]]
|first episode= "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
|latest episode= "[[Lisa the Simpson]]"
|music= ''[[Do the Bartman]]''
|first album= ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''
|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
}}

'''Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird''' (born September 24, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana), is a two-time Academy Award-winning director and former director and animator for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He won the {{w|Academy Award for Best Animated Feature}} for ''{{W|The Incredibles}}'' (2004) and ''{{W2|Ratatouille|film}}'' (2007).

In 1989 Bird joined [[Klasky Csupo]], where he helped to develop ''The Simpsons'' from one-minute shorts on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' into a series of half-hour programs. In 1990, he directed the episode "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]" and co-directed the season three episode "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]". He served on the show for several more years as an executive consultant. He worked on several other animated television series, including ''[[The Critic]]'' and ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}''. He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''.

== Credits ==
=== Executive consultant ===
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*{{ep|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
*{{ep|There's No Disgrace Like Home}}
*{{ep|Bart the General}}
*{{ep|Moaning Lisa}}
*{{ep|The Call of the Simpsons}}
*{{ep|The Telltale Head}}
*{{ep|Life on the Fast Lane}}
*{{ep|Homer's Night Out}}
*{{ep|The Crepes of Wrath}}
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
*{{ep|Some Enchanted Evening}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets an "F"}}
*{{ep|Simpson and Delilah}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror}}
*{{ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}}
*{{ep|Dancin' Homer}}
*{{ep|Dead Putting Society}}
*{{ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}}
*{{ep|Bart the Daredevil}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
*{{ep|One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}}
*{{ep|The Way We Was}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}}
*{{ep|Principal Charming}}
*{{ep|Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?}}
*{{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an "F"}}
*{{ep|Old Money}}
*{{ep|Brush with Greatness}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Substitute}}
*{{ep|The War of the Simpsons}}
*{{ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}}
*{{ep|Blood Feud}}
*{{ep|Stark Raving Dad}}
*{{ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
*{{ep|Bart the Murderer}}
*{{ep|Homer Defined}}
*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II|(as Bloody Bradley Bird)}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Pony}}
*{{ep|Saturdays of Thunder}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe's}}
*{{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
*{{ep|I Married Marge}}
*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Greek}}
*{{ep|Homer Alone}}
*{{ep|Bart the Lover}}
*{{ep|Homer at the Bat}}
*{{ep|Separate Vocations}}
*{{ep|Dog of Death}}
*{{ep|Colonel Homer}}
*{{ep|Black Widower}}
*{{ep|The Otto Show}}
*{{ep|Bart's Friend Falls in Love}}
*{{ep|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}}
*{{ep|Kamp Krusty}}
*{{ep|A Streetcar Named Marge}}
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III|(as Bloody Bradley Bird)}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie}}
*{{ep|Marge Gets a Job}}
*{{ep|New Kid on the Block}}
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
*{{ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}}
*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
*{{ep|Selma's Choice}}
*{{ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
*{{ep|I Love Lisa}}
*{{ep|Duffless}}
*{{ep|Last Exit to Springfield}}
*{{ep|So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
*{{ep|The Front}}
*{{ep|Whacking Day}}
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}
*{{ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet}}
*{{ep|Cape Feare}}
*{{ep|Homer Goes to College}}
*{{ep|Rosebud}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(as Bloody Bradley Bird)}}
*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
*{{ep|Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Homer}}
*{{ep|$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)}}
*{{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets Famous}}
*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
*{{ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}}
*{{ep|Burns' Heir}}
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
*{{ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
*{{ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
*{{ep|Secrets of a Successful Marriage}}
*{{ep|Bart of Darkness}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Rival}}
*{{ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}}
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(as Baddaxe Bradley Bird)}}
*{{ep|Bart's Girlfriend}}
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
*{{ep|Homer Badman}}
*{{ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
*{{ep|Fear of Flying}}
*{{ep|Homer the Great}}
*{{ep|And Maggie Makes Three}}
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
*{{ep|Homie the Clown}}
*{{ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}}
*{{ep|A Star Is Burns}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
*{{ep|The PTA Disbands}}
*{{ep|'Round Springfield}}
*{{ep|The Springfield Connection}}
*{{ep|Lemon of Troy}}
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}}
*{{ep|Radioactive Man}}
*{{ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily}}
*{{ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
*{{ep|King-Size Homer}}
*{{ep|Mother Simpson}}
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}}
*{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular}}
*{{ep|Marge Be Not Proud}}
*{{ep|Team Homer}}
*{{ep|Two Bad Neighbors}}
*{{ep|Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield}}
*{{ep|Bart the Fink}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
*{{ep|Homer the Smithers}}
*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
*{{ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}}
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
*{{ep|Homerpalooza}}
*{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII}}
*{{ep|You Only Move Twice}}
*{{ep|The Homer They Fall}}
*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Date with Density}}
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
*{{ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer}}
*{{ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
*{{ep|Homer's Phobia}}
*{{ep|Brother from Another Series}}
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
*{{ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
*{{ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
*{{ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}}
*{{ep|The Principal and the Pauper}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
*{{ep|The Cartridge Family}}
*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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=== Directed by ===
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}

=== Storyboard ===
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}

=== Character designer ===
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}

=== Character layout artist ===
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}

=== Sheet director ===
*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}

=== Interviewee ===
*{{spec|The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!}}

=== Commentary ===
*{{dvdcom|Krusty Gets Busted}}

=== Special thanks ===
*{{alb|The Simpsons Sing the Blues|(Gracie Films)}}

=== For The Simpsons ===
*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0083348/}}
*{{Wikipedialink}}

{{Directors|former=yes}}
{{Character designers|former=yes}}
{{Character layout artists|onetime=yes}}
{{Storyboard artists|former=yes}}
{{20th Anniversary Special interviewees}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird, Brad}}

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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]