FILM DIRECTOR

Carlos Saldanha

1965 - Today

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Carlos Saldanha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁluz sawˈdɐɲɐ]; born 24 January 1965) is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who collaborated with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Rio (2011), Rio 2 (2014), Ferdinand (2017), and Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). Saldanha was nominated in 2003 for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Gone Nutty and in 2018 for Best Animated Feature for Ferdinand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Saldanha is the 1,341st most popular film director (up from 1,386th in 2024), the 756th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 761st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carlos Saldanha ranks 1,341 out of 2,041. Before him are Wesley Ruggles, Howard Zieff, Robert Eggers, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Yuli Raizman, and Oumarou Ganda. After him are Johannes Schaaf, Vladimir Motyl, Jon Turteltaub, David Frankel, Howard Deutch, and Pál Gábor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Carlos Saldanha ranks 359. Before him are Kelly Rowan, Roman Coppola, Alexandra Vandernoot, Marta Kos, Marc Degryse, and Anatole Collinet Makosso. After him are Miguel Pardeza, Michal Bílek, Jeff Scott Soto, Leslie Hope, Ronen Bar, and Dmytro Firtash.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Saldanha ranks 756 out of 2,236. Before him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), Lyoto Machida (1978), Wálter Guimarães (1913), Ricardinho (1976), João Paulo (1964), and Michel Bastos (1983). After him are Almir (1969), Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924), José Kléberson (1979), Júnior Baiano (1970), Daniel da Silva (1973), and José Carlos Serrão (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Carlos Saldanha ranks 8. Before him are Fernando Meirelles (1955), Glauber Rocha (1939), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), Bruno Barreto (1955), and José Padilha (1967). After him are Kleber Mendonça Filho (1968), and Karim Aïnouz (1966).

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