Kyle Balda
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Balda in 2015. | |
| Born | March 9, 1971 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Employer(s) | Pixar Animation Studios (1996-2002) Illumination (2010-present) |
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.