Brad Bird Video Slideshow

Slate has a video slideshow about the rise of animation director Brad Bird, complete with clips from The Iron Giant, the Incredibles (though, unfortunately, no moments from Bird's turn as the voice and attitude of Edna "E" Mode), Ratatouille, and more. If you've ever watched the special features on a Bird movie, you know he's a unique force of personality. The slideshow showcases his career and how he's infused what he touches with a more auteur film style, quality character development, great energy and layers of depth. Slate's Josh Levin goes so far as to call Bird "the Stanley Kubrick of animation." [via kottke]