Who co-directed Minions with Pierre Coffin?

Kyle Balda co-directed Minions with Pierre Coffin.

Released in 2015, Minions was the first feature-length spin-off centered primarily on Gru’s yellow henchmen. Coffin, who had co-directed the first two Despicable Me films, returned to lead the project and partnered with Balda, an animator and filmmaker who had joined Illumination after working at Industrial Light & Magic and Pixar.

Balda’s earlier Illumination directing credit was The Lorax, which he co-directed with Chris Renaud in 2012. His collaboration with Coffin on Minions continued the studio’s practice of pairing directors with strong animation and character-design backgrounds.

The film follows Kevin, Stuart, and Bob through a history of serving various villains, eventually leading them to Scarlet Overkill in 1960s London. Balda and Coffin later reunited to co-direct Despicable Me 3, while Balda also directed Minions: The Rise of Gru with additional co-directors.