Claim: The Incredibles was Brad Bird's second film.

Phillip Bradley `` Brad '' Bird -LRB- born September 24 , 1957 -RRB- is an American director , screenwriter , animator , producer and occasional voice actor , known for animated and live-action films .   Bird developed a love for the art of animation at an early age and was mentored by Milt Kahl , one of Disney 's legendary Nine Old Men . He was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the California Institute of the Arts alongside John Lasseter and Tim Burton . Afterwards , Bird worked as an animator for Disney and wrote the screenplay for Batteries Not Included -LRB- 1987 -RRB- . Bird served as a creative consultant on The Simpsons during its first eight seasons , where he helped develop the show 's animation style . Afterwards , Bird left to direct his first animated feature , The Iron Giant -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , which fared poorly at the box office but came to be regarded as a modern animated classic . He rejoined Lasseter at Pixar in 2000 , where he would develop his second picture , The Incredibles -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , and his third picture , Ratatouille -LRB- 2007 -RRB- . Both films place among Pixar 's highest-grossing features and gave Bird two Academy Award for Best Animated Feature wins and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations .   In 2011 , Bird directed his first live-action film Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol , which became the highest-grossing and best reviewed film of its franchise . His second live-action film , Tomorrowland , starring George Clooney , was released in May 2015 .