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Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird (born on September 11, 1957 in Kalispell, Montana), is a two-time Academy Award-winning director and former director and animator 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.

Filmography

• The Iron Giant (1999)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• 1906 (TBA)

Credits

Executive Consultant

• Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
• Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home"
• Episode – "Bart the General"
• Episode – "Moaning Lisa"
• Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons"
• Episode – "The Telltale Head"
• Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane"
• Episode – "Homer's Night Out"
• Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath"
• Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"
• Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening"

Storyboard

• Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"

Character Design

• Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"

Sheet Direction

• Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted"

Others

• Episode – "Like Father, Like Clown" (co-director)
• Episode – "Do the Bartman" music video

External links

• Brad Bird at the Internet Movie Database
• Brad Bird at Wikipedia