Anecdotes

In Les Indestructibles (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.

Designed the character Sideshow Bob for The Simpsons.

Believes animation not to be a genre, but instead an art form.

One of his sons, Nicholas Bird, was the voice of Squirt in Le Monde de Nemo (2003), Little Boy on the Tricycle in Les Indestructibles (2004), and Monster Jack-Jack Parr in Les Indestructibles 2 (2018).

With Les Indestructibles (2004), he was the first person to receive a solo writing credit on a feature-length film from Pixar Animation Studios.

He is close friends with Pixar co-founder, John Lasseter.

Started training as an animator at 14.

2007 - Ranked #23 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

His favorite character on Les Simpson (1989) is Krusty The Klown.

His movie Les Indestructibles (2004) is ranked #40 on the Top 100 Grossing Movies of all Time. It made $261,437,578.

Trained as a Disney animator.

His movie Ratatouille (2007) is ranked #82 on the Top 100 Grossing Movies of all Time. It made $206,435,493.

His oldest son is Michael Bird, who provided the voice of Tony Rydinger in Les Indestructibles (2004) and Les Indestructibles 2 (2018), and additional voices in Le Géant de fer (1999).

Has been referred to by some as the modern-day Walt Disney.

Graduated from Corvallis High School (Corvallis, Oregon), 1975.

His production company A113 Productions is named after the classroom at CalArts.

Was offered Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2015), but turned it down in favor of directing Tomorrowland(2015).

He is a big fan of Harold Lloyd, and thinks he is underrated.

His influences include Chuck Jones,Buster Keaton, and Orson Welles.

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.

His youngest son Jack Bird who provided additional voices in Ratatouille (2007).

His older sister, Susan, was shot and killed by her estranged husband.