Kyle Balda
Kyle Balda (born March 9, 1971) is an American animator and film director, best known for co-directing the Illumination films The Lorax (2012) with Chris Renaud, Minions (2015) and Despicable Me 3 (2017) with Pierre Coffin and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), with Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val. He previously worked as an animator for Industrial Light & Magic before moving to Pixar, where he worked on three of their films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyle Balda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1971-03-09 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
Known for
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) — Animation
- Despicable Me (2010) — Layout Supervisor
- Toy Story 2 (1999) — Animation Director
- The Mask (1994) — Animation
- Jumanji (1995) — Animation Supervisor
- Minions (2015) — Additional Voices (voice)
- A Bug's Life (1998) — Animation
- Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Additional Voice (voice)
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — Animation
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) — Additional Voices (voice)
- The Lorax (2012) — Co-Director
- The Sheep Detectives (2026) — Director
- Dragon Hunters (2008) — Animation Director
- Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) — Director
- Banana (2010) — Director
- Orientation Day (2010) — Director