Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda
Balda in 2015.
Born	(1971-03-09) March 9, 1971 (age 53) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Animator film director
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.