Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda

Birth : 1971-03-09, Tucson, Arizona, USA

History

Kyle Balda is an American animator and film director, best known for co-directing 2012 animated film The Lorax with Chris Renaud and 2015's Minions with Pierre Coffin. He has also worked as animator on several films including Jumanji, Toy Story 2, and Despicable Me. He has worked for Pixar for years and now he is working for Illumination Entertainment.

Profile

Kyle Balda
Kyle Balda

Movies

Minions & More Volume 2
Director
Catch animated shorts like "Phil’s Dance Party" and "Binky Nelson Unpacified" in this compilation from the company behind the "Despicable Me" franchise.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Additional Voices (voice)
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Director
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
Forbidden Love
Producer
Tom and greg are best friends.. but as time progresses, who knows? Maybe they could be more than that..
Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
Director
For the first time ever, ALL 10 MINI-MOVIES starring your favorite characters, the Minions, are in one collection! If there's a Minion featured in one of our mini-movies – no matter how big or small – they're in here! Experience the hilarious hijinks when the Minions babysit their caveman boss's troublemaking toddler in Cro-Minion, tune up Agnes's bicycle with high-tech upgrades in Training Wheels, and bring home a new "dog" in Puppy. This set includes seven more uproarious mini movies the whole family will love! The 10 Minion Mini-Movies collection contains: Training Wheels, Cro-Minion, Competition, The Secret Life Of Kyle, Mower Minions, Home Makeover, Orientation Day, Banana, Puppy, and Panic In The Mailroom.
Despicable Me 3
Additional Voices (voice)
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Despicable Me 3
Director
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Weenie
Director
Weenie is a mini-movie that will be featured in DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Secret Life of Pets. It features the life of The Sausages. The Sausages live happily in Weenie Ville. Once, a sausage called Timmy is so sacred of diving, which results that he is teased as a "weenie". Leaving the diving pool, Timmy sits on a bench beside, sighing. Frank, the mayor of Weenie Ville, happens to see the desperate Timmy, so he takes Timmy, singing and traveling around Weenie Ville to see the fantastic life of sausages to comfort him. In the end, Timmy dares to dive from a higher place and he is quite proud about himself.
Competition
Director
Two minions working in a bomb lab get competitive. Short #1 from the 'Minions: 3 Mini-Movie Collection'.
Minions
Additional Voices (voice)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Minions
Director
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Wagon Ho!
Director
The barbaloots are told by the Once-Ler that they can sit on the wagon and that it had better not move. They and the donkey nod in agreement. The barbaloots try to get the donkey to move. He won't move. The small barbaloot taunts the donkey with what looks like an apple in front of him on a long pole the he's off. Did they get the wagon back in time? Yes, but what transpired from start to finish?
Forces of Nature
Director
Determined to scare The Once-ler out of Truffula Valley, The Lorax decides to create the illusion of ominous forces of nature.
Serenade
Director
Two Bar-ba-loots -- one love shy and the other suave and confident -- battle for the heart of their would-be sweetheart with the help of a colorful cast of characters, including the Humming-Fish and Swomme-Swans.
The Lorax
Director
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Minions: Orientation Day
Director
With so many jobs to choose from, the Minions have to make serious decisions after watching an 'Initiation Video'. What could go wrong?!
Minions: Home Makeover
Director
A social worker is coming to Gru's house to check if it's suitable for children. Margo, Edith, Agnes and the Minions must take care of the situation.
Banana
Director
The Minions fight over a delicious banana... but is that all they want?!
Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009
Director
Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book
Animation
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly satisfy her adventure- lust!.
Monsters, Inc.
Animation
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
Toy Story 2
Animation Director
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
A Bug's Life
Animation
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Himself
Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.
Mars Attacks!
Animation
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Jumanji
Animation Supervisor
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Sleepy Guy
Animation
The Mask
Animation
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch the eye of local nightclub singer Tina Carlyle. Unfortunately, under the mask's influence, Ipkiss also robs a bank, which angers junior crime lord Dorian Tyrell, whose goons get blamed for the heist.
My Life On Mars
(voice)
Phil was born on Mars in 1949, and a whole part of the Earth population lives now on the red planet. He likes his way of life and is as happy as can be to share it with any audience, but, like any other society made by humans, the life on this «new land» is far from being perfect.