Kyle Balda
Directing
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
Directing17
movieThe Sheep Detectives
2026
Director
movieMinions & More 2
2022
Director
movieMinions & More Volume 1
2022
Director
movieDespicable Me 3
2017
Director
movieWeenie
2016
Director
movieCompetition
2015
Director
movieMinions
2015
Director
movieForces of Nature
2012
Director
movieWagon Ho!
2012
Director
movieSerenade
2012
Director
movieThe Lorax
2012
Co-Director
movieHome Makeover
2010
Director
movieBanana
2010
Director
movieOrientation Day
2010
Director
Visual Effects9
movieDragon Hunters
2008
Animation Director
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Animation
movieToy Story 2
1999
Animation Director
movieA Bug's Life
1998
Animation
movieMars Attacks!
1996
Animation
movieJumanji
1995
Animation Supervisor
movieSleepy Guy
1994
Animation
movieThe Mask
1994
Animation
Acting5
movieMinions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Additional Voices (voice)
movieDespicable Me 3
2017
Additional Voice (voice)
movieMinions
2015
Additional Voices (voice)
movieMy Life On Mars
(voice)