The Big Picture: Brad Bird Career & Biographical Notes: Animated first film at the age of 13 Met future Pixar co-founder John Lassiter at California Institute of the Arts Helped take The Simpsons from Tracey Ullman shorts to a full-length series For the last time, he has no idea what this 'Snuffleupagus' thing you're talking about is

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Brad Bird Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Incredibles, The
• Incredibles, The
• Iron Giant, The
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
• Pixar Shorts
• Ratatouille
• That's Not My Movie (Directors Edition)
• Tomorrowland

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Ratatouille	6/29/07	G			189.71	Info
The Incredibles	11/5/04	PG	3933	70.47	261.44	Info

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Awards:

2007
Ratatouille

• Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Screenplay, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-up: Best Original Screenplay, Online Film Critics Association

2004
The Incredibles

• Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, BOP's Calvin Awards

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