Brad Bird Net Worth

Brad Bird's Quotes

• When I write things, often at the moment I'm writing, I'm thinking of camera angles; it's not a separate part of the process, it kind of comes out all at the same time. So I have really strong opinions about how things are presented, but at the same time I'm thinking about things that I want to present. It's like when somebody speaks, they assemble words in a certain way, but it's not always that conscious, it just comes out. That's the way film is for me.
• Well, I like superheroes, but I'm not one of those guys who knows what issue 437 is of "Whatever." And I think people assume that because The Incredibles is about superheroes, that I know all that stuff. I kind of got it second-hand, from the movies. I'm happy to hear from anybody that does know that stuff, but I'm fairly oblivious to that really large volume of comic book lore that's been generated.
• I think there's a tendency [among some animators] to wink at the audience so much that you feel that you're above the world that you're presenting-like the filmmaker doesn't really believe in the world that he's putting on screen. And there's a safety in that, because if you try to make the audience feel something besides comedy, like if you try to make them feel moved, you risk looking really silly if it doesn't work.
• I love, love, love the medium of film. But that is the strange dichotomy of film, is that the medium is so unbelievably magical and wonderful, and the business is so--UGH! It's kind of the price you pay. Some friend of mine said you're not getting paid to work in the medium; you'd almost do that for free. But you're getting paid to suffer all the, you know-[Laughs].
• There is a contingent of the digital-effects community to whom that is the holy grail - to create photographically real humans. To me that is the dumbest goal that you could possibly have. What's wonderful about the medium of animation isn't recreating reality. It's distilling it.

Interesting Facts about Brad Bird

1. Started training as an animator at 14.
2. Trained as a Disney animator.
3. Graduated from Corvallis High School (Corvallis, Oregon), 1975.
4. One of his sons, Nicholas Bird, was the voice of Squirt in Finding Nemo (2003), Little Boy on the Tricycle in The Incredibles (2004), and Monster Jack-Jack Parr in Incredibles 2 (2018).
5. His oldest son is Michael Bird, who provided the voice of Tony Rydinger in The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018), and additional voices in De IJzeren reus (1999).
6. With The Incredibles (2004), he was the first person to receive a solo writing credit on a feature-length film from Pixar Animation Studios.
7. 2007 - Ranked #23 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
8. Believes animation not to be a genre, but instead an art form.
9. In The Incredibles (2004), he provided the voice for the character Edna Mode on the temporary audio track. Lily Tomlin was approached to voice the character for release, but turned the part down after listening to Brad's scratch track stating that they already had the right voice for the character.
10. He is close friends with Pixar co-founder, John Lasseter.
11. His favorite character on The Simpsons (1989) is Krusty The Klown.
12. His movie Ratatouille (2007) is ranked #82 on the Top 100 Grossing Movies of all Time. It made $206,435,493.
13. His movie The Incredibles (2004) is ranked #40 on the Top 100 Grossing Movies of all Time. It made $261,437,578.
14. Has been referred to by some as the modern-day Walt Disney.
15. Designed the character Sideshow Bob for The Simpsons.
16. His production company A113 Productions is named after the classroom at CalArts.
17. Was going to make an animated feature film adaption of Will Eisner's The Spirit comics in the 80's, but couldn't get the financing.
18. Was offered Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2015), but turned it down in favor of directing Tomorrowland(2015).
19. He is a big fan of Harold Lloyd, and thinks he is underrated.
20. His influences include Chuck Jones,Buster Keaton, and Orson Welles.