Kyle Balda
Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1971 (age 55) · 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.
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Known for
Monsters, Inc.
November 1, 2001
Despicable Me
July 8, 2010
Toy Story 2
October 30, 1999
The Mask
July 29, 1994
Jumanji
December 15, 1995
Minions
June 17, 2015
A Bug's Life
November 25, 1998
Despicable Me 3
June 15, 2017
Mars Attacks!
December 13, 1996
Minions: The Rise of Gru
June 29, 2022
The Lorax
March 1, 2012
The Sheep Detectives
April 30, 2026
Behind the camera27
- 2026The Sheep Detectives Director
- 2022Minions & More Volume 2 Director
- 2022Minions & More Volume 1 Director
- 2022Minions: The Rise of Gru Director
- 2019Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies Director
- 2017Despicable Me 3 Director
- 2016Weenie Director
- 2015Competition Director
- 2015Minions Director
- 2012Forces of Nature