Bradford Simonsen is a renowned American film producer with a specialization in Animation, Visual Effects, and Live Action. His impressive portfolio includes the Emmy-winning short film "Once Upon A Studio", which celebrated 100 years of Disney Animation and was nominated for the 96th Academy Awards. Additionally, he produced the Emmy-winning "Baymax" series for Disney Plus.
Simonsen's credits also include the short film "Us Again", which was shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards Animated Short Films. He joined Disney Animation in 2012 and has served as associate producer on three Oscar-winning features, including "Big Hero 6", "Zootopia", and "Encanto".
His notable live-action film credits include "Real Steel", "Jack the Giant Slayer", "Alice in Wonderland", and "Big Fish". In the animation department, he has worked on "Open Season", "Polar Express", "Beowulf", and the Oscar-winning short "The ChubbChubbs!", for which he also voiced the character Meeper.
Simonsen earned a degree in Marketing and Human Resource Management from the University of Washington School of Business in Seattle, where he was also active in the drama department as an actor and writer. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and launched his industry career as an assistant director.
He then transitioned to feature film development, working as an assistant at Jan De Bont's production company and later as director of production at Robert Redford's film banner. Simonsen developed an interest in visual effects and landed a job at Sony Imageworks in 2001, where he coordinated the production of "The ChubbChubbs!" and worked as digital production manager for nine years.
From 2010 to 2012, he worked as a digital producer at the award-winning Digital Domain production company. Brad has also written and produced several independent films throughout his career.
