Kyle Balda

Director

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...

Born: March 9, 1971 (Age 54) in Tucson, Arizona, USA

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Kyle Balda Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
My Life On Mars Movie		Actor	(voice)
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie Movie		Directing	Director	2026
Minions: The Rise of Gru Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Additional Voices (voice)	2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	6.7	Directing	Director	2022
Minions & More Volume 1 Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.7	Directing	Director	2022
Minions & More Volume 2 Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Directing	Director	2022
Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies Movie		Directing	Director	2019
Despicable Me 3 Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Additional Voices (voice)	2017
Despicable Me 3 Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.2	Directing	Director	2017
Weenie Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	2016
Minions Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Additional Voices (voice)	2015
Minions Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.2	Directing	Director	2015
Competition Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	2015
The Lorax Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Co-Director	2012
Forces of Nature Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.1	Directing	Director	2012
Wagon Ho! Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	2012
Serenade Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	2012
Banana Short Film	7.4	Directing	Director	2010
Home Makeover Short Film	7	Directing	Director	2010
Orientation Day Short Film	6.9	Directing	Director	2010
Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book Movie	5.4	Visual Effects	Animation	2009
Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009 Movie		Directing	Director	2009
Monsters, Inc. Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	8.2	Visual Effects	Animation	2001
Toy Story 2 Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	8	Directing	Animation Director	1999
The Making of 'The Frighteners' Movie	7.6	Actor	Himself	1998