Complex sentence: The film was released on June 29,2007 in the United States as the eighth movie produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: The film was released on June 29,2007 in the United States as the eighth movie produced by Pixar. It was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005.