Background
Balda was born in Tucson, Arizona, to a Maltese mother.
Balda was born in Tucson, Arizona, to a Maltese mother.
California Institute of the Arts.
He has also worked as animator on several films including Jumanji, Toy Story 2, and Despicable Maine. He has worked for Pixar for years and now he is working for Illumination Entertainment. He from California Institute of the Arts in the early 1990s and after two years for a job he was offered.
Balda is currently living in Paris.
He started his career as an animator by working at Industrial Light & Magic, in the films including 1994"s The Mask as graphics animator, 1995"s Jumanji as animation supervisor, and in 1996"s as character animator. He also worked at Weta Digital once in New Zealand, on the 1996 film The Frighteners, he animated the Grim Reaper for the film.
In 2010, he joined the Illumination Entertainment in Paris, and worked in the 2010s Despicable Maine as the head of layout. Balda has also directed several short films and lectured at different animation schools.
In 2012, Balda co-directed the Illumination"s animated film The Lorax along with Chris Renaud, starring Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Editor Helms, and Taylor Swift.
The film was released domestically on March 2, 2012 by Universal Pictures and grossed over $348 million with a budget of $70 million. In 2015, Balda directed another Illumination animated film, Minions, along with Pierre Coffin. The film"s voice cast included Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, and Michael Keaton.
The film was released domestically on July 10, 2015 by Universal and has grossed over $916 million.
