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Biography
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.
Filmography13 titles

Monsters, Inc.
2001Animation
2001Animation

Toy Story 2
1999Animation Director
1999Animation Director

Minions & More 2
2022Director
2022Director

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

Jumanji
1995Animation Supervisor
1995Animation Supervisor

Minions & More 1
2022Director
2022Director

A Bug's Life
1998Animation
1998Animation

The Mask
1994Animation
1994Animation

Home Makeover
2010Director
2010Director

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

The Lorax
2012Co-Director
2012Co-Director

Minions
2015as Additional Voices (voice)
2015as Additional Voices (voice)

Mars Attacks!
1996Animation
1996Animation