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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-03-09 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Kyle Balda

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru as Additional Voices (voice)

2017

Despicable Me 3 as Additional Voices (voice)

2015

Minions as Additional Voices (voice)

1998

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My Life On Mars as (voice)

Visual Effects

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Animation

1999

Toy Story 2 as Animation Director

1998

A Bug's Life as Animation

1996

Mars Attacks! as Animation

1995

Jumanji as Animation Supervisor

1994

The Mask as Animation
Sleepy Guy as Animation

Directing

2017

Despicable Me 3 as Director

2016

Weenie as Director

2015

Minions as Director
Competition as Director

2012

Forces of Nature as Director
Wagon Ho! as Director
Serenade as Director
The Lorax as Co-Director

2010

Home Makeover as Director
Banana as Director
Orientation Day as Director