Kyle Balda
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.
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
- Pierre Coffin 10
- Chris Renaud 5
- Dana Gaier Ellis 4
- Miranda Cosgrove 4
- Steve Carell 4
- Carlos Alazraqui 2
- Ed Helms 2
- Elsie Fisher 2
The career in numbers
- US$ 314 mi Total budget from 4 film(s) with data
- US$ 3.3 bi Total box office from 4 film(s) with data
- US$ 79 mi Average budget from 4 film(s) with data
- US$ 817 mi Average box office from 4 film(s) with data
- 6.9 Average rating from 10 film(s) with data
- 10.4× Return on investment from 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Sheep Detectives
|
2026 | US$ 75 mi | US$ 132 mi | 7.9 |
Minions: The Rise of Gru
|
2022 | US$ 85 mi | US$ 940 mi | 7.3 |
Minions & More Volume 1
|
2022 | — | — | 7.0 |
Minions & More 2
|
2022 | — | — | 7.4 |
Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
|
2019 | — | — | 7.0 |
Despicable Me 3
|
2017 | US$ 80 mi | US$ 1.0 bi | 6.5 |
Weenie
|
2016 | — | — | 4.1 |
Minions
|
2015 | US$ 74 mi | US$ 1.2 bi | 6.4 |
Competition
|
2015 | — | — | 6.1 |
Forces of Nature
|
2012 | — | — | 5.1 |
Serenade
|
2012 | — | — | 4.7 |
Wagon Ho!
|
2012 | — | — | 5.6 |
Banana
|
2010 | — | — | 7.1 |
Orientation Day
|
2010 | — | — | 6.9 |
Home Makeover
|
2010 | — | — | 6.8 |
