Kyle Balda
Birthplace: Tucson
Born: 1971-03-09
Occupations recorded in source
animator; film director
Biography from Wikipedia
Kyle Balda 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 also directed the live-action film The Sheep Detectives (2026). He previously worked as an animator for Industrial Light & Magic before moving to Pixar where he worked on three of their films.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1377363346
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) — Additional Voices
- Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Additional Voices
- Minions (2015) — Additional Voices
Directing
- The Sheep Detectives (2026)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
- Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- Minions (2015)
- Home Makeover (2010)
- Orientation Day (2010)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Pierre Coffin · 5 films
- Bob Bergen · 3 films
- Michael Beattie · 3 films
- Mindy Sterling · 3 films
- Steve Carell · 3 films
- Steve Coogan · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.