In 2011, Bird directed his debut live action film, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which was a critical and commercial success. Both films place among Pixar's highest-grossing features and earned Bird two Academy Award for Best Animated Feature wins and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations. He rejoined Lasseter at Pixar in 2000, where he developed the films The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Although it fared poorly at the box office, it came to be regarded as a modern animated classic. In 1999, Bird directed his debut animated feature film, The Iron Giant. He also served as a creative consultant on "The Simpsons" during its first eight seasons, where he helped develop the show's animation style. Afterwards, Bird began his career as an animator for Disney in the films The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron and wrote the screenplay for Batteries Not Included. He was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the California Institute of the Arts with John Lasseter and Tim Burton. Born in Kalispell, Montana, Bird developed a love for the art of animation at an early age and was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's reputed Nine Old Men. Phillip Bradley Bird is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor.
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