Kyle Balda

American animator and film director (born 1971)
Person human Q20666333
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Summary

Kyle Balda was born on March 9, 1971[1], in Tucson[2]. He has worked as an animator[3] and film director[4]. He ranks in the top 0.58% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,007 views/month, #5,841 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[6]
  • Field of work: film production[7], film direction[8]
  • Employer: Industrial Light & Magic[9], Pixar[10], Illumination[11]
  • Educated at: California Institute of the Arts[12], Canyon del Oro High School[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Family name: Balda[15]
  • Given name: Kyle[16]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[17]
  • Start of work period: 1994[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NADD Wikidata project[19]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[20]
  • P14750: F67A-7D53-F923-5D9C-19BF[21]

Why It Matters

Kyle Balda has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

Where was Kyle Balda born?

Kyle Balda was born in Tucson[2].

What did Kyle Balda do for work?

Kyle Balda worked as an animator[3] and film director[4].

Where did Kyle Balda go to school?

Kyle Balda was educated at California Institute of the Arts[12] and Canyon del Oro High School[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . port.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conor.si id → 272440675
    The numbers person id → 329860401
    Sitelink count → 11
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'simple', 'ur', 'zh']
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The numbers person id: 329860401, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/33960387|Kyle Balda (#33960387)]] for {{P|4657}}"
  2. 4w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person id → kyle-balda
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: kyle-balda, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  3. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 808669
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person id: 808669, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270606|batch #270606]]"
  4. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F67A-7D53-F923-5D9C-19BF
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46380|batch #46380]]: HAND ID (3)"
  5. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1062337476, 1079008861
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45810|batch #45810]]: add missing GNDs"
  6. 21w ago · Janik98 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Tucson
    Citizenship → —
    Educated at → California Institute of the Arts, Canyon del Oro High School
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cinematografo.it name or company id (new): kyle-balda-apxuln6b"
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