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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
Twelve years after their space mission, the Fantastic Four have become the world's most beloved heroes. Reed Richards' scientific breakthroughs have transformed civilization, Sue Storm leads the Future Foundation's humanitarian efforts, Ben Grimm dedicates his life to charities across New York, and Johnny Storm serves as a volunteer firefighter and community hero. But their legacy is threatened when an old enemy, Bentley Wittman, returns. Consumed by years of living in Reed's shadow, Bentley secretly assembles the Frightful Four, recruiting his longtime associates Ulysses Klaw, Thundra, and Flint Marko. Their goal isn't to kill the Fantastic Four—it's to destroy the world's faith in them. While Klaw seeks profit and Thundra follows Bentley out of loyalty, Flint believes Bentley is finally going to cure the condition that turned him into Sandman. As Reed investigates the attacks, he uncovers a forgotten connection between Bentley and Flint's past. Years earlier Reed tried to cure Flint but never discovered who created him. Comparing Bentley's history with Flint's, Reed realizes Bentley and A.I.M. engineered the accident themselves. Reed desperately tries convincing Flint that Bentley never cared about curing him, but Flint refuses to believe the only friend he has left betrayed him. As Bentley's plan unravels, Thundra abandons him, causing Bentley to finally reveal Flint was nothing more than a disposable experiment. Betrayed, Flint turns on the Frightful Four and helps the Fantastic Four stop Bentley and the others. When Flint attempts to kill Bentley, Reed is forced to stop him with a power-dampening round, refusing to let revenge define him. Bentley mysteriously vanishes after the battle, while Flint awakens in a super-hospital where he thanks Reed, admitting Reed is the only true friend he's ever had. Elsewhere, Victor Von Doom takes an interest in Bentley's research after learning of a mysterious force that had been communicating with him from beyond reality.
