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Carlos Saldanha (born July 20, 1968) is a Brazilian director of animated films who works with Blue Sky Studios. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) and Rio (2011), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). In Rio, his daughter, Sofia Scarpa Saldanha, did the voice of Linda Gunderson as a child.
Early life
Saldanha was born in Brazil. He attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where he obtained a Master's degree in Computer Art in 1993.[1] While attenting the School of Visual Arts he met future film directing partner Chris Wedge who was one of the teacher and invited Saldanha to join Wedge's company Blue Sky Studios.[2]
Filmography
- A Simple Wish (1997) - creative supervisor: visual effects
- Bunny (1998) - animator
- Fight Club (1999) - creative supervisor: visual effects
- Ice Age (2002) – co-director
- Gone Nutty (2002) - director
- Robots (2005) – co-director
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) – director, voice of Dodo
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – director, voice of Dinosaur Babies and Flightless Bird
- Rio (2011) – director, story, voice of Second Waiter
- Rio 2 (2014, in development) - director[3]
References
- ^ "What's in Store". Visual Arts Journal. Fall 2011. School of Visual Arts. Page 18
- ^ Hulett, Steve (January 9, 2012). "The Carlos Saldanha Interview". TAG Blog. http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/carlos-saldanha-interview.html. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ "Sergio Mendes says 'Rio' sequel likely". Yahoo!. January 25, 2012. http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/sergio-mendes-says-rio-sequel-likely-155007113.html. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
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