Directing

Carlos Saldanha

Born January 24, 1965 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 61)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carlos Saldanha (born July 20, 1968) is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). Saldanha was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He left his hometown in 1991 to follow his artistic instinct and passion for anima…

Known For

Fight Club

Fight Club · 1999

MovieDramaThriller

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course · 2016

Ice Age: Collision Course

MovieAdventureAnimation

Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift · 2012

Ice Age: Continental Drift

MovieAnimationComedy

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

Ice Age

Ice Age · 2002

MovieAnimationComedy

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs · 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

MovieAnimationComedy

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown · 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

MovieAnimationFamily

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

Rio

MovieAnimationAdventure

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

Ice Age: Boiling Point

Ice Age: Boiling Point · 2027

Ice Age: Boiling Point

MovieAdventureAnimation

A dinosaur-and-lava-filled madcap adventure takes Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Buck, acorn-obsessed Scrat – this time joined by Baby Scrat and the enormous Jurassic Scrat – and the rest of the herd to visit never before-seen corners of the treacherous Lost World.

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Fight Club

Fight Club · 1999

MovieDramaThriller

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Animation Supervisor

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course · 2016

Ice Age: Collision Course

MovieAdventureAnimation

Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.

Executive Producer

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift · 2012

Ice Age: Continental Drift

MovieAnimationComedy

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

Executive Producer

Ice Age

Ice Age · 2002

MovieAnimationComedy

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

Co-Director

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs · 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

MovieAnimationComedy

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

Director

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown · 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

MovieAnimationFamily

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

Director

Rio

MovieAnimationAdventure

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

Director

Ice Age: Boiling Point

Ice Age: Boiling Point · 2027

Ice Age: Boiling Point

MovieAdventureAnimation

A dinosaur-and-lava-filled madcap adventure takes Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Buck, acorn-obsessed Scrat – this time joined by Baby Scrat and the enormous Jurassic Scrat – and the rest of the herd to visit never before-seen corners of the treacherous Lost World.

Thanks

Robots

MovieAnimationComedy

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.

Co-Director

Ferdinand

Ferdinand · 2017

MovieAnimationFamily

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

Director

Rio 2

MovieAnimationAdventure

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

Director

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon · 2024

Harold and the Purple Crayon

MovieFamilyComedy

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.

Director

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas · 2011

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

MovieAnimationFamily

When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!

Executive Producer

Nimona

MovieAnimationFamily

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Thanks

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade · 2016

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

MovieAnimationComedy

A harried prehistoric bird mother entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her neighbours, business booms at his new egg-sitting service. However, dastardly pirate bunny, Squint, who is seeking revenge on the herd, steals, camouflages and hides all the eggs. Once again, with Squint’s twin brother assisting, Manny, Diego and the rest of the gang come to the rescue and take off on a daring mission that turns into the world’s first Easter egg hunt.

Executive Producer

Joe's Apartment

Joe's Apartment · 1996

Joe's Apartment

MovieComedyFantasy

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.

Supervising Animation Director

Surviving Sid

Surviving Sid · 2008

MovieAnimationComedy

Sid the Sloth takes a school of children out on a camping trip from home, only to find that in typical Sid style, he is not a very good guide and the children he takes with him don't have a very good time.

Executive Producer

A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish · 1997

MovieAdventureComedy

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

Visual Effects

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe · 2015

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

MovieScience FictionComedy

Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut.

Executive Producer

No Time for Nuts

No Time for Nuts · 2006

No Time for Nuts

MovieAdventureAnimation

Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.

Executive Producer

Gone Nutty

Gone Nutty · 2002

MovieAnimationAdventure

Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.

Director

Rio, I Love You

Rio, I Love You · 2014

Rio, I Love You

MovieRomanceDrama

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.

Director

Scrat: Spaced Out

Scrat: Spaced Out · 2016

Scrat: Spaced Out

MovieFamilyScience Fiction

In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.

Executive Producer

La Perra

La Perra · 2023

In Bogota, a bird-girl leaves behind the family home, her domineering mother and faithful dog to go and explore her sexuality.

Executive Producer

Invisible City

Invisible City · 2021

SeriesMysteryDrama

An environmental police officer uncovers a hidden world of mythological entities from Brazilian folklore when he finds a connection between the mysterious appearance of a dead river dolphin on a Rio de Janeiro beach and the death of his beloved wife.

Creator

How To Be a Carioca

How To Be a Carioca · 2023

How To Be a Carioca

An American writer has to learn the quirks of Rio de Janeiro’s people after moving to the Brazilian city.

Director