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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.
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.
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.
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.
Oct 30, 2023 · Kyle Balda reveals his journey to directing “Minions: The Rise of Gru” and “Despicable Me 3,” and sheds light on Illumination Entertainment’s creative process.
Jul 13, 2022 · Former animator Kyla Balda talks process and voice acting, and shares advice for aspiring directors.
Jul 2, 2022 · Interview: How ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ director Kyle Balda found the right voices and location for his animated labor of love.
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.
Animator and animation director Kyle Balda served in a variety of capacities on some of the biggest box office hits of the late 20th and early 21st century, including "Monsters, Inc."...
Jun 24, 2015 · Off the back of the hugely successful The Lorax, Kyle Balda moved on to co-direct the first, standalone Minions movie. The film arrives in cinemas this Friday, and Kyle took some time out...
