
Directing
Community Rating
6.6
1 Ratist review
Born
March 9, 1971 (age 55)
Born in
Tucson, Arizona, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyle Balda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

My Life On Mars
as (voice)
TBA

The Sheep Detectives
as Director
2026

Minions & More 2
as Director
2022

Minions & More Volume 1
as Director
2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Additional Voices (voice), Director
2022

Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
as Director
2019

Despicable Me 3
as Additional Voice (voice), Director
2017

Weenie
as Director
2016

Competition
as Director
2015

Minions
as Additional Voices (voice), Director
2015

Forces of Nature
as Director
2012

Wagon Ho!
as Director
2012

Serenade
as Director
2012

The Lorax
as Co-Director
2012

Home Makeover
as Director
2010

Banana
as Director
2010

Orientation Day
as Director
2010

Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009
as Director
2009

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book
as Animation
2009

Dragon Hunters
as Animation Director
2008