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Philip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning over four decades in both live-action and animation. Bird was born in Montana and grew up in Oregon. He developed an interest in the art of animation early on, and completed his first short subject by age 14. Bird sent the film to Walt Disney Productions, leading to an apprenticeship from the studio's Nine Old Men. He attended the California Institute of the Arts in the late 1970s, and worked for Disney shortly thereafter. In the 1980s, Bird worked in film development with various studios. He co-wrote Batteries Not Included (1987), and developed two episodes of Amazing Stories for Steven Spielberg, including its spin-off (based on a segment written by Bird for the show), the widely panned animated sitcom Family Dog. Afterwards, Bird joined the animated sitcom The Simpsons as creative consultant for eight seasons. He directed the animated film The Iron Giant (1999); though acclaimed, it was a box-office bomb. Bird moved to Pixar where he wrote and directed two successful animated films, The Incredibles (2004) and Ratatouille (2007). They earned Bird two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature wins and Best Original Screenplay nominations. He transitioned to live-action filmmaking with similarly successful Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), he then directed Disney's Tomorrowland (2015). He returned to Pixar to develop Incredibles 2 (2018), which became the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run, and earned him another nomination for the Academy Award. Bird has a reputation for supervising his projects to a high degree of detail. He advocates for creative freedom and the possibilities of animation, and has criticized its stereotype as children's entertainment, or classification as a genre, rather than an art. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brad Bird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Brad Bird
Director
for Director in Superman: Up in the Sky (2025)
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It has been 4 years ago since Clark debuted as Superman. He works at the Daily Planet with Lois and Jimmy. He has also been dating Lois for the past 5 months. One day, he goes to the Fortress. Jor-El tells him that Krypton wasn't destroyed naturally. An A.I. , Brainiac that he created betrayed him, and told him he will destroy worlds. After Clark learns of this story, he leaves. He goes back to Kansas to give his parents a visit, talks to them, then goes back home. When he goes back there is news of something from space. He goes to investigate and sees it's a robtic drone. He has a small confrontation with it but he destroys it. The next day he goes to work, but after, he goes to ask why he talked about brainiac now. He says it's because there's an invasion coming . Meanwhile, Lois goes to investigate the drone, and drags Jimmy along with her. Finally, Brainiac starts invading Metropolis. Clark starts fighting off the drones. Supergirl joins to help him. Clark gets to the ship & confronts Brainiac. They fight, but Brainiac is wining. He says Clark is more human, and says it's his weakness. Clark finally defeats him, saying that his humanity gives him strength.Lex uses his battle suit and reluctantly helps. In the end Pa kent has a heart attack and dies, leaving Clark in his darkest place. They have his funeral, and Clark goes back home, trying to give hope to others. Lois, Jimmy, Lex, and the Kents would have bigger roles, but this is a rough outline.
