Directing · Writing · age 69

Brad Bird

Best rated: Ratatouille (8.1)

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.58
Peak run: 1999’15
7+ run: 4 films

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.58
Peak run: 1999’15
7+ run: 4 films

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The career

Brad Bird, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19996 films2018

Current formLast 5: 7.48 vs career 7.58 (−0.10)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Brad by the numbers

Average

7.58

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.60

bigger films count more

Median

7.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.66

rating spread

Career

20y

1999 to 2018

Total votes

3.3M

across every film

Best

8.1

Ratatouille

Worst

6.4

Tomorrowland

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2018	Incredibles 2	7.5	379K
2015	Tomorrowland	6.4	201K
2011	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	7.4	570K
2007	Ratatouille	8.1	969K
2004	The Incredibles	8.0	919K
1999	The Iron Giant	8.1	266K

Better together?

Brad Bird's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Brad Bird

5 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2019
Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2008
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2008
Brad Bird
Won
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2005
Written by Brad Bird
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2005
Brad Bird
Won

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