Carlos Saldanha

9 films directed

Biography

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Carlos Saldanha (born July 20, 1968) is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005).

Saldanha was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He left his hometown in 1991 to follow his artistic instinct and passion for animation. With a background in computer science and a natural artistic sensibility, he found New York City the perfect locale to merge these skills and become an animator. He attended the MFA program at New York's School of Visual Arts, where he graduated with honors in 1993, after completing two animated shorts, The Adventures of Korky, the Corkscrew (1992) and Time For Love (1993). The shorts have been screened at animation festivals around the world. At SVA, Saldanha met Chris Wedge, one of the cofounders of Blue Sky Studios, who invited him to join their growing team of artists.

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The career in numbers

US$ 523 mi Total budget from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 2.9 bi Total box office from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 75 mi Average budget from 7 film(s) with data
US$ 408 mi Average box office from 7 film(s) with data
6.8 Average rating from 8 film(s) with data
5.5× Return on investment from 7 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Harold and the Purple Crayon	2024	US$ 40 mi	US$ 32 mi	6.6
Ferdinand	2017	US$ 111 mi	US$ 295 mi	7.2
Rio 2	2014	US$ 103 mi	US$ 499 mi	6.5
Rio, I Love You	2014	US$ 9 mi	US$ 601,737	4.8
Rio	2011	US$ 90 mi	US$ 484 mi	6.8
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	US$ 90 mi	US$ 887 mi	6.8
Scrat in Love	2009	—	—	6.4
Ice Age: The Meltdown	2006	US$ 80 mi	US$ 661 mi	6.7
Gone Nutty	2002	—	—	7.0