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Carlos Saldanha

Highest Rated: 77% Ice Age (2002)

Lowest Rated: 8% Rio, I Love You (2014)

Birthday: Jan 24, 1965

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian-born director Carlos Saldanha was one of the most consistently successful animated filmmakers of his generation. As one of the creative forces behind Blue Sky Studios, Saldanha catapulted onto the scene with "Ice Age" (2002), his directorial debut. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, making over $380 million worldwide and spawning two equally successful sequels: "Ice Age: The Meltdown" (2006) and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" (2009). In addition to his involvement in the widely successful "Ice Age" franchise, Saldanha channeled the lively atmosphere of his hometown with "Rio" (2011), which made nearly half a billion dollars at the global box office, with a critically-acclaimed sequel, "Rio 2," being released in April of 2014. Animated film directors rarely receive the attention of their live-action counterparts, but over the course of his immensely successful career, the talented Saldanha proved he's just as deserving of the credit.

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Highest rated movies

77% 82% Ice Age Watchlist 72% 71% Rio Watchlist 70% 52% Ferdinand Watchlist 64% 54% Robots Watchlist 56% 71% Ice Age: The Meltdown Watchlist
50% 58% Rio 2
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46% 63% Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Watchlist
37% 61% Ice Age: Continental Drift
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28% 91% Harold and the Purple Crayon Watchlist 18% 39% Ice Age: Collision Course Watchlist

Filmography

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28% 91% Harold and the Purple Crayon Director $17.4M 2024
70% 52% Ferdinand Director $84.2M 2017
18% 39% Ice Age: Collision Course Executive Producer $64.0M 2016
No Score Yet 57% La era de hielo: El gran robo del huevo Executive Producer - 2016
No Score Yet 46% Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe Executive Producer - 2015
8% 16% Rio, I Love You Director - 2014
50% 58% Rio 2 Director - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rio 2 Director - 2014
37% 61% Ice Age: Continental Drift Executive Producer - 2012
72% 71% Rio Director - 2011
No Score Yet 91% Río Director - 2011
46% 63% Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Director - 2009
56% 71% Ice Age: The Meltdown Director $195.3M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ice Age: The Meltdown Director - 2006
64% 54% Robots Director - 2005
77% 82% Ice Age Co-Director $176.4M 2002

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No Score Yet 89% Invisible City Executive Producer 2021 2023