Kyle Balda

About

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

Despicable MeMovie • 2010Toy Story 2Movie • 1999The Sheep DetectivesMovie • 2026Monsters, Inc.Movie • 2001The LoraxMovie • 2012Minions: The Rise of GruMovie • 2022A Bug's LifeMovie • 1998MinionsMovie • 2015The MaskMovie • 1994Despicable Me 3Movie • 2017Mars Attacks!Movie • 1996Minions & More Volume 1Movie • 2022Minions & More Volume 2Movie • 2022JumanjiMovie • 1995Dragon HuntersMovie • 2008WeenieMovie • 2016BananaMovie • 2010Home MakeoverMovie • 2010Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic BookMovie • 2009Wagon Ho!Movie • 2012Orientation DayMovie • 2010SerenadeMovie • 2012CompetitionMovie • 2015Forces of NatureMovie • 2012