Brad Bird

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#1

I thought I’d be the one to begin a thread dedicated to the 800-lb. gorilla himself,

Brad Bird.

I love everything about him, from his views on animation to his “strong coffee”

personality. I’ve been following him ever since The Incredibles. His other masterpiece The Iron Giant is a

favorite film of mine, TI being #1.

This man is my idol. I’d do anything to be working by his side

someday.

Feel free to chat about Brad here. Make sure to use every part of the buffalo.

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#2

For me, I loved

how this was HIRED by PIXAR because he’s been FIRED from most places, including two Disney projects I

beleive!

And they actually told him that, and to put them in for a ride!!

I can’t wait what he and

Jan Pinkava have put together in Ratatouille!

Also, I loved how he said that

he’s punch the next person who said “animation was a genre.” So true . . . SO true!

#3

Yep. He was

fired from/left Disney after working on The Fox and The Hound in 1981 because he had a difference of opinion with

the company and complained about the quality of the story.

Smart move, Brad.

:sunglasses:

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#4

whoa dude :open_mouth: -

What happened to the grammar all the sudden?

#5

I got excited :stuck_out_tongue: . . . and right now I can’t even tell if it’s crystal perfect

grammer, or if it’s the worst I’ve ever written!

EDIT - I checked like five times. Worst I’ve ever

written. :stuck_out_tongue:

#6

Brad Bird’s

the man! He gives a new meaning to the word, “entertainment” in my opinion. I love both of his movies,

Iron Giant and of course, The Incredibles.

#7

I also loved how he gave tribute to his first film, The Iron Giant, in Helen’s

call: Indio Golf niner-niner (i.e. “IG 99” Iron Giant, 1999) while she was

on the jet!

#8

hey ya peeps so ya i like dont know anything about

BB, but he seems like a cool guy but you guyz, we need to get more peeps on this site!!! woot woot go

Pixar
~pussy cat

#9

jaw drops That was a reference?

DUDE!

#10

Wicked! I enjoyed what Brad Bird did with The

Incredibles… it was such a fantastic job (and the commentary was enjoyable too) that I simply can’t wait for

Ratatouille!

#11

Yeah, he mentioned it on the

commentary . . . the two animators who did their cameo in TI (The one’s thatr said “Old School”) also

made cameos on Iron Giant as well . . .

#12

I love in one of the Incredibles documentaries – someone holds up a sign that says "Iron Giant

Rules!" and he shows it to Mr. Bird and he just gives him a look and says "Do you want all this footage

to be rendered completely useless?" (something like that) :slight_smile:

I have a story about meeting him! (Feb.

  1. When he came down to a Barnes & Noble in LA for a book signing … but it’s about midnight right now

so I’ll try to come back tomorrow and tell you guys if you’re interested.

:slight_smile:

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(Yes that’s me with the

curly hair and the Incredibles lettermen jacket … I’m sure it looks like I’m fat in there, but honestly I’m

like a twig hahah).

#13

Your pictures aren’t working, Jessie. :shake: I want to hear this story!!

#14

Wow! That’s AMAZING!

#15

Ah! Sorry – here you go:

and

So basically – I remember

reading about him doing a book signing (Feb of 2005) – and it was a Tuesday school night – so I begged my mom

and we drove about 2 hours in horrible traffic to … I think it was the Grove in LA. And we got to the Barnes

& Noble and there was a lot of people there – so we were worried as to how long after the Q&A we’d be

there for the signing – but we knew no matter what we wouldn’t leave without talking to him.
So one of the

workers was walking around telling us he would only sign the Art of the Incredibles books and the screenplay of

the Incredibles we were all given (see picture) … nothing else – they also said he wouldn’t be able to

personalize anything seeing as there were so many people and they wanted to speed through everyone. And I was

like “ok - that’s fine - I’m just fine being in the same ROOM.”
So he came out and did a Q&A

– it was a lot of fun. :slight_smile: My mom described him as a very “animated” person (har har) – he’s so

enthusiastic but so cool! I remember him talking about future projects – but this was before he got Ratatoville

(spelling?).
So when it got down to the signing part - they said they were gonna let the kids get signed first

– YES. :slight_smile: That made us happy since there were only about 5 kids total. I was last in line with my mom - and we

walk up to him and he signs my Art of the Incredibles book and my mom tells him all about how I want to be an

animator and go to CalArts and he completely lights up going “Oh that’s my school!” and it was really

cool - and he stops and askes how to spell my name and I tell him and he writes “Go Jessie!” at the top

and then wishes me luck etc. :smiley:
HE IS SO AMAZINGLY AWESOME!! ^^
So yeah – I don’t think he would have

done that if not for my mom ranting on about my future goals hahah. Thanks mom. -_-
But yeah – we were just

amazed with that since they said he wouldn’t personalize anything. SO yeah – that’s my little story about

meeting Brad Bird!
I did meet him again last Feb (2006) at the Annie Awards … of course I don’t think he

would remember - and he was busy talking to people - but he was again very nice and gave me an autograph. :slight_smile: (I

also met Tom Kenny and Nancy Cartwright – who were both SO unbelivably SWEET.)

So yes! That’s my story.

:slight_smile: Probably one of the most exciting moments of my 16 year old life! Hah.

#16

Great story!! (Though you ARE

making me jealous when you’ve met BOTH Brad Bird and Nany Cartwright (RUFUS!!))

But hey, if you do plan

on heading to CalArts (home of nearly everyone PIXAR), best of luck and I hope you get there!!!

#17

I saw The Incredibles last year, and tonight I finally saw the Iron Giant. Brad Bird is such

a great director - I love his movies, and the stuff he talks about behind the scenes. Can’t wait to see his

future projects! :smiley:

#18

Wow, that’s fantastic Jessie! (Although I think you’ve

made the whole board jealous! :wink: )

#19

Yeah - I’m thoroughly green with envy. Despite seeing John Lasseter and

shaking hands and talking to Dr. Catmull and walking the red carpet at the Cars premiere I must say I’m quite

jealous of you. I’d give about anything to meet Brad. Though I can take some solace in the fact that I too

have the signed script. :wink:

#20

To Jessie:

You…met…WHO?! <img src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/youwhaaa.gif” alt=“o_0;;” title="You

Whaaa…" /> dies

I saw that photo of you and

Brad on dA a long time ago when I did a search for fan art. I only found 1 caricature of him.

Now, where

was I? Oh yes…

dies

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