Brad Bird

Brad Bird was born in Calispell on September 1, 1957. At the age of eleven, he visited Walt Disney Studios. After this tour, he had the goal of becoming a famous cinematographer. The boy comes to the studio at the age of 14. He had already developed his own cartoon. One of the best animators studio Milt Kahl takes a talented young man to his apprenticeship. After a while, the studio allocates funds to Breda to study at the University of California Art, created by Walt Disney specifically to train more

Brad Bird was born in Calispell on September 1, 1957. At the age of eleven, he visited Walt Disney Studios. After this tour, he had the goal of becoming a famous cinematographer. The boy comes to the studio at the age of 14. He had already developed his own cartoon. One of the best animators studio Milt Kahl takes a talented young man to his apprenticeship. After a while, the studio allocates funds to Breda to study at the University of California Art, created by Walt Disney specifically to train beginner cartoonists. In the process of training, Bird meets John Lasseter, who in the future will become one of the founders of Pixar Studio.
After graduating from the Institute, Brad worked at Disney for some time, but soon decided to continue his activities independently. Success to the novice animator does not come immediately, it happens only in 1999 with the release of a full-length cartoon. "Steel giant" . This work was highly appreciated by critics. However, the audience did not like it.

John Lasseter invited Byrd to take part in the creation of the cartoon "Superfamily" In 2004. In this film, Byrd acted not only as a director, but also as a screenwriter. Thus, Brad became the first to whom Pixar studio entrusted independent work on the script. This cartoon grossed more than $ 600 million and became one of the most successful commercial projects of the company in its history.
The next project Bird is working on is a cartoon. "Ratatouille" In 2007. The film grossed $620 million at the box office. This cartoon is one of the leaders of the 2007 film distribution.