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- On a tour of the Walt Disney Studios at age 11, he announced that someday he would become part of its animation team, and soon afterward began work on his own 15-minute animated short. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company.
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Within two years, Bird accepted a job as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. Bird arrived at the studio in the midst of a transition: much of the studio's original creative staff were retiring, leaving the studio to a new generation of artists.
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On a tour of the Walt Disney Studios at age 11, he announced that someday he would become part of its animation team, and soon afterward began work on his own 15-minute animated short. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company.
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- Kalispell, Montana, USA
On a tour of the Walt Disney Studios at age 11, he announced that someday he would become part of its animation team, and soon afterward began work on his own 15-minute animated short. Within two years, Bird had completed his animation, which impressed the cartoon company.
- September 24, 1957
Following graduation, Brad Bird joined Disney as an animator and had uncredited contributions to animated films such as 'The Small One' (1978), 'The Fox and the Hound' (1981), and 'The Black Cauldron' (1985).
Bird became interested in animation very early on in his life, and he started making his first animated film at the age of eleven. He worked on the movie, an adaptation of the old tale about the tortoise and the hare, for four years, finishing it when he was a mere 14 years old.
He first gained recognition for his work on the animated TV series, “The Simpsons,” where he served as an executive consultant and directed several episodes. Bird then went on to direct the beloved animated films “The Iron Giant,” “The Incredibles,” and “Ratatouille.”.
Brad Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an animator, director and producer at Pixar. He has worked on such films as The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Tomorrowland, and 1906. He also performed the voices of Edna Mode and Ambrister Minion in their respective films.
