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LOS ANGELES – NOV 04: Bird and Sophia Bush arrive for the 2018 Hollywood Film Awards on November 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA, DFree /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Philip Bradley Bird
Place of Birth: Kalispell, Montana, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 24, 1957
Ethnicity: English, Irish, some German and Northern Irish/Scots-Irish, remote French
Brad Bird is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning forty years in both animation and live-action, particulary in Pixar productions. He has directed the films The Iron Giant , The Incredibles , Ratatouille , Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol , Tomorrowland , and Incredibles 2 . He also wrote his The Incredibles , Ratatouille , and Incredibles 2 , the first two of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; and co-wrote his The Iron Giant and Tomorrowland . He also co-wrote the film *batteries not included .
Brad was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie Ann and Philip Cullen Bird, who worked in the propane business. Brad was partly raised in Corvallis, Oregon. He is married to Elizabeth Canney, with whom he has three children. He and some of his children have had voice roles in his films.
Brad’s paternal grandfather was Francis Wesley “Frank” Bird (the son of Francis John Bird and Frances/Fanny Cullen). Brad’s grandfather Francis was born in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, and emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with his mother when he was eight. He was president and chief executive of the Montana Power Company. Brad’s great-grandfather Francis was born in Gortermone, Killargue, Leitrim, the son of Francis John Bird and Margaret Evans. Frances was born in Leitrim, the daughter of John Cullen and Jane Mccullagh/McCullough.
Brad’s paternal grandmother was Zoe Bertha Duncan (the daughter of Rufus Volney Duncan and Laura Emma Luik). Zoe was born in Missouri or California. Rufus was born in Moniteau, Missouri, and was of Colonial American (English) descent, the son of Coleman Bruce Duncan and Louise Frances Musick. Laura was born in Clermont, Ohio, to German parents, Wilhelm Frederich Luik and Anna Mary Meyer, who were from Württemberg.
Brad’s maternal grandfather was Floyd M. Cross (the son of Dillion H. Cross and Elizabeth Rebecca Brinkley). Floyd was born in Colorado or Iowa. Dillion was born in Iowa, the son of Lewis J. Cross and Susanne/Susanna/Susannah Mauldin/Maudlin. Elizabeth was born in Lewis, Missouri, the daughter of John Henry Brinkley and Cassander/Cassandra Caroline Mann.
Brad’s maternal grandmother was Edith G. Helen Culver (the daughter of Charles Oliver Culver and Mary Jane Rice). Edith was born in Illinois, to parents of Colonial American (English) descent. Charles was born in Knox, Illinois, the son of John/Jonathan Segur Culver and Elizabeth Shelton Brasfield. Mary Jane was born in Morgan, Illinois, the daughter of Albert/Elbert Gallatin Rice and Mary Ann Camp.
Sources: Genealogies of Brad Bird – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.geni.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com