Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Kyle Balda
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 8023
IMDb ID: nm0049633
Known for: Directing
Born: March 9, 1971
Age: 55
Place of birth: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1994 - 2026
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.57
Wikidata: Q20666333
Also known as
카일 발다
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Animation Director (2)Co-Director (1)Animation (6)Animation Supervisor (1)Layout Supervisor (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Kyle Balda.
The Sheep Detectives
Director
2026 Movie
Minions & More 2
Director
2022 Movie
Minions & More Volume 1
Director
2022 Movie
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Director
2022 Movie
Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
Director
2019 Movie
Despicable Me 3
Director
2017 Movie
Weenie
Director
2016 Movie
Competition
Director
2015 Movie
Minions
Director
2015 Movie
Forces of Nature
Director
2012 Movie
Serenade
Director
2012 Movie
Wagon Ho!
Director
2012 Movie
The Lorax
Co-Director
2012 Movie
Banana
Director
2010 Movie
Orientation Day
Director
2010 Movie
Home Makeover
Director
2010 Movie
Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009
Director
2009 Movie
Dragon Hunters
Animation Director
2008 Movie
Toy Story 2
Animation Director
1999 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Kyle Balda.
The Sheep Detectives
Director
2026 Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Animation
2001 Movie
Toy Story 2
Animation Director
1999 Movie
Minions & More 2
Director
2022 Movie
Despicable Me
Layout Supervisor
2010 Movie
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Director
2022 Movie
Jumanji
Animation Supervisor
1995 Movie
Banana
Director
2010 Movie
Minions & More Volume 1
Director
2022 Movie
The Mask
Animation
1994 Movie
A Bug's Life
Animation
1998 Movie
Orientation Day
Director
2010 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Kyle Balda.
Despicable Me
Layout Supervisor
2010 Movie
Toy Story 2
Animation Director
1999 Movie
The Lorax
Co-Director
2012 Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Animation
2001 Movie
The Sheep Detectives
Director
2026 Movie
A Bug's Life
Animation
1998 Movie
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Director
2022 Movie
Despicable Me 3
Director
2017 Movie
The Mask
Animation
1994 Movie
Minions
Director
2015 Movie
Mars Attacks!
Animation
1996 Movie
Minions & More 2
Director
2022 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Kyle Balda.
Despicable Me
Layout Supervisor
2010 Movie
Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book
Animation
2009 Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Animation
2001 Movie
A Bug's Life
Animation
1998 Movie
Mars Attacks!
Animation
1996 Movie
Jumanji
Animation Supervisor
1995 Movie
Sleepy Guy
Animation
1994 Movie
The Mask
Animation
1994 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Kyle Balda.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Additional Voices (voice)
2022 Movie
Despicable Me 3
as Additional Voice (voice)
2017 Movie
Minions
as Additional Voices (voice)
2015 Movie
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
as Self
1998 Movie
My Life On Mars
as (voice)
Movie