
Kyle Balda
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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.
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The Sheep Detectives (2026)
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Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
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Despicable Me 3 (2017)
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Minions (2015)
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Minions & More 2 (2022)
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Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)
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Banana (2010)
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Home Makeover (2010)
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Orientation Day (2010)
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Weenie (2016)
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Wagon Ho! (2012)
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Competition (2015)
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Serenade (2012)
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Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies (2019)
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Forces of Nature (2012)
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Bananarama - Video Collection 1982-2009 (2009)
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