Minions
2015
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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 ...
- American
- California Institute of the Arts
- 1994–present
- March 9, 1971 (age 52), Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Kyle Balda is a BAFTA nominated feature animation director working in the industry for 30 years, most notably with Illumination Entertainment and Pixar Animation Studios. He began his career in early 90s after studying at Calarts to join the crew of Industrial Light and Magic where he animated on such films as The Mask, Mars Attacks! and as ...
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- Kyle Balda
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
Kyle Balda. Director: Minions: The Rise of Gru. Kyle Balda is a BAFTA nominated feature animation director working in the industry for 30 years, most notably with Illumination Entertainment and Pixar Animation Studios. He began his career in early 90s after studying at Calarts to join the crew of Industrial Light and Magic where he animated on such films as The Mask, Mars Attacks! and as ...
Jul 1, 2022 · Minions: The Rise of Gru: Directed by Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val. With Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Taraji P. Henson. The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val
- 2022-07-01
Jul 13, 2022 · To divide and conquer the many tasks required for an animated project, Balda leaned on his co-directors, Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val. “It’s a lot to juggle at once,” he explains. Balda ...
Jul 2, 2022 · Kyle Balda has had a hand in some aspect of animation most of his life. What started as an internship at LucasArt morphed into a graphics animator job on The Mask and the head animator on Jumanji. He quickly made his way to Weta Digital in New Zealand and Pixar, notably as the head animator on Toy Story 2 .
Jul 8, 2015 · Co-directing Minions, alongside French animation veteran Pierre Coffin, is Kyle Balda, a true American in Paris. After a career in animation at Pixar, he left the studio’s comfy Northern California confines for the wanderlust of European travel. After a number of teaching stints at several top schools, he eventually ended up working at ...
