Kyle Balda

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.

Directed

1. Minions (2015) — Director
2. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Director
3. Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) — Director
4. The Sheep Detectives (2026) — Director
5. Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) — Director
6. Banana (2010) — Director
7. Orientation Day (2010) — Director
8. Home Makeover (2010) — Director
9. Minions & More 2 (2022) — Director
10. Competition (2015) — Director
11. Forces of Nature (2012) — Director
12. Weenie (2016) — Director
13. Serenade (2012) — Director
14. Wagon Ho! (2012) — Director
15. Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies (2019) — Director
16. Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009 (2009) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Minions (2015) — Additional Voices (voice)
2. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Additional Voice (voice)
3. Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) — Additional Voices (voice)
4. The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998) — Self
5. My Life On Mars — (voice)