Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava

The Profile

Brad Bird is an American filmmaker known for The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Jan Pinkava is a Czech-born British animator, director of the Academy Award-winning short Geri's Game and an early developer of Ratatouille.

Both filmmakers have worked with Pixar. Brad Bird directed The Incredibles and Ratatouille and has received Academy Award recognition; Jan Pinkava directed the short Geri's Game (Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film) and contributed to the early development of Ratatouille.

A strongly positive review praising Pixar's technical and narrative achievement in Ratatouille. The reviewer highlights characterisation, visual design (notably Paris and the kitchen sequences), and the film's family-friendly moral themes. Considered among Pixar's best works alongside Toy Story and Monsters, Inc.