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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.
Jun 30, 2017 · Despicable Me 3: Directed by Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon. With Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove. Gru meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru, who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
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.
Jul 13, 2022 · Former animator Kyla Balda talks process and voice acting, and shares advice for aspiring directors.
Sep 22, 2007 · AnimationXpress.com’s Anand Gurnani was fortunate to meet up and spend time with Kyle Balda, an animator and artist who’s full of life and has worked across US & Europe with leading studios and stalwarts including Pixar, PDI, ILM, Pierre Coffin”
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.
Jul 2, 2022 · We had a chance to speak with Kyle Balda about Minions: The Rise of Gru and gain some insight into bringing this universe to life and the pandemic impacted the film’s process.
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.
Dec 19, 2017 · While co-director Pierre Coffin gives voice to the minions—the gibberish-speaking, tic-tac shaped creatures of the Despicable Me franchise—the series itself given voice to Kyla Balda, with his...
