Before he became the cape-prohibiting voice of costume designer Edna Mode for Incredibles (2007) and Incredibles 2 (2018), Brad Bird worked as an animator for Disney's The Fox and the Hound (1981) and The Black Cauldron (1985). He also served as a creative consultant for The Simpsons during its first eight seasons and helped develop the animation style of the series. Although his first directorial venture, The Iron Giant (1999), did not fare well at the box office, he tasted success when he moved to Pixar and pitched The Incredibles to them, and he has not looked back since. He moved on to direct Ratatouille (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), and Tomorrowland (2015). Bird is also the recipient of two Academy awards for Best Animated Feature which he received after The Incredibles and Ratatouille.