23. BRAD BIRD
AGE 50
JOB TITLE Writer/director
SMART BECAUSE He stretched
Pixar past its kid-centric
comfort zone, twice. After
winning an Oscar for the
studio's first PG-rated
action picture (The
Incredibles), Bird made
a culinary comedy about
a rat. In a kitchen. In
France. Ratatouille made
only $206 million, but
Bird had created an animated
film for, yes, adults.
NEXT The live-action
earthquake pic 1906.
NEED FOR SPEED Completed
Ratatouille in just
18 months, after the original
director dropped out.
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