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'''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 ''{{w|Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille}}'' (2007).
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'''Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird''' (born September 24, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana), is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. He served as a consultant, director, and storyboard artist 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 ''{{w|The Critic}}'' and ''{{w|King of the Hill}}''. He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''.
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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!]]''.
  
 
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*{{ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}}
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{{Season6A|all=yes|E6n=as Baddaxe Bradley Bird}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}}
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*{{ep|Principal Charming}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Substitute}}
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*{{ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}}
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*{{ep|Blood Feud}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Stark Raving Dad}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Bart the Murderer}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Homer Defined}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
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|E20=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II|(as Bloody Bradley Bird)}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Pony}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Saturdays of Thunder}}
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*{{ep|Flaming Moe's}}
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|E24=yes
*{{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
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*{{ep|I Married Marge}}
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*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
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*{{ep|Homer Alone}}
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*{{ep|Bart the Lover}}
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*{{ep|Homer at the Bat}}
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*{{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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*{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}}
 
*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}
 
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
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=== Special thanks ===
 
=== Special thanks ===
 
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*{{alb|The Simpsons Sing the Blues|(Gracie Films)}}
*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield|(for The Simpsons)}}
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== External links ==
 
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[[Category:Sheet directors]]
 
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[[Category:The Simpsons Sing the Blues crew]]
 
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]

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Brad Bird
Brad Bird.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Consultant
Animator
Director
Birth date: September 24, 1957 (1957-09-24) (age 67)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 180
Seasons active: Season 1 - 9
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Lisa the Simpson"
Music video: 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 an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. He served as a consultant, director, and storyboard artist for The Simpsons. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for The Incredibles (2004) and Ratatouille (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 King of the Hill. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.

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