Kyle Balda

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. Balda was born in Tucson, Arizona, to a Maltese mother. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1990s and dropped out after two years for a job he was offered. During his time at CalArts, Balda was hired by LucasArts as an intern to create the animated opening credit sequence for the graphic adventure game Day of the Tentacle. He started his career as an animator by working at Industrial Light & Magic, in films including The Mask as graphics animator, Jumanji as animation supervisor, and Mars Attacks! as character animator. He also worked at Weta Digital once in New Zealand, on the 1996 film The Frighteners, animating the character of the Grim Reaper for the film. Later Balda started working at Pixar, where he was credited as an additional animator in A Bug's Life, as directing animator in Toy Story 2, and as an animator in Monsters, Inc. In 2010, he joined Illumination Entertainment in Paris and worked on Despicable Me as the head of layout. Balda has also directed several short films and lectured at different animation schools. In 2012, Balda made his directorial debut at Illumination as co-director of The Lorax, along with Chris Renaud. The film was released domestically on March 2, 2012, by Universal Pictures and grossed over $348 million with a budget of $70 million. In 2015, Balda directed another Illumination animated film, Minions, this time alongside Pierre Coffin. The film was released domestically on July 10, 2015, by Universal and has grossed over $1.1 billion. In 2017, Balda co-directed Despicable Me 3. In his role as co-director, he pushed for the film to have a more vibrant colour palette than its predecessors. On June 7, 2024, it was announced Balda would make his live-action directorial debut with Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie, a film adaptation of Leonie Swann's book of the same name, set to be produced by Amazon MGM Studios. Balda currently resides on the Oregon coast. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyle Balda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • titulus: Kyle Balda
  • popularis: 9.728
  • notum enim: Directing
  • dies natalis: 1971-03-09
  • Locus Natus: Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Kyle Balda Domum Movies Venatus

  • 2022
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    Minions: The Rise of Gru

    Minions: The Rise of Gru

    7.3 2022 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Making of 'The Frighteners'

    The Making of 'The Frighteners'

    8.8 1998 HD

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  • 2015
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    Minions

    Minions

    6.4 2015 HD

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  • 2017
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    Despicable Me 3

    Despicable Me 3

    6.5 2017 HD

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  • 1970
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    My Life On Mars

    My Life On Mars

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2001
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    Monsters, Inc.

    Monsters, Inc.

    7.8 2001 HD

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  • 2010
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    Banana

    Banana

    7.1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Home Makeover

    Home Makeover

    6.777 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Orientation Day

    Orientation Day

    6.9 2010 HD

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  • 2022
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    Minions: The Rise of Gru

    Minions: The Rise of Gru

    7.3 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    Minions

    Minions

    6.4 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Competition

    Competition

    6 2015 HD

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  • 2012
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    Serenade

    Serenade

    4.6 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Forces of Nature

    Forces of Nature

    5.3 2012 HD

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    Wagon Ho!

    Wagon Ho!

    5.6 2012 HD

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  • 1996
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    Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

    6.409 1996 HD

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  • 2009
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    Hexe Lilli - Der Drache und das magische Buch

    Hexe Lilli - Der Drache und das magische Buch

    5.3 2009 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Mask

    The Mask

    6.959 1994 HD

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  • 1995
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    Jumanji

    Jumanji

    7.241 1995 HD

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  • 1998
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    A Bug's Life

    A Bug's Life

    7 1998 HD

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  • 2017
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    Despicable Me 3

    Despicable Me 3

    6.5 2017 HD

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  • 2016
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    Weenie

    Weenie

    4.7 2016 HD

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  • 1999
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    Toy Story 2

    Toy Story 2

    7.6 1999 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Lorax

    The Lorax

    6.499 2012 HD

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    Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

    Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

    1 2026 HD

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  • 2009
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    Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009

    Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2022
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    Minions & More 1

    Minions & More 1

    6.983 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Minions & More Volume 2

    Minions & More Volume 2

    7.4 2022 HD

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  • 1994
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    Sleepy Guy

    Sleepy Guy

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2019
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    Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies

    Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies

    7 2019 HD

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