Carlos Saldanha

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 animation. With a background in computer science and a natural artistic sensibility, he found New York City the perfect locale to merge these skills and become an animator. He attended the MFA program at New York's School of Visual Arts, where he graduated with honors in 1993, after completing two animated shorts, The Adventures of Korky, the Corkscrew (1992) and Time For Love (1993). The shorts have been screened at animation festivals around the world. At SVA, Saldanha met Chris Wedge, one of the cofounders of Blue Sky Studios, who invited him to join their growing team of artists. He also worked as animator on Wedge's short film Bunny. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Saldanha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

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.

Release Date2009-06-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird (voice)

Vote Count8527

Rio

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.

Release Date2011-04-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Second Waiter (voice)

Vote Count6856

Ice Age: The Meltdown

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.

Release Date2006-03-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Dodo (voice)

Vote Count9963

Ferdinand

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. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.

Release Date2017-12-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Screaming Matador / Additional Voices (voice)

Vote Count2940

Rio 2

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.

Release Date2014-03-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Amazon Quail (voice)

Vote Count3582

Love.com

It's a love story between a fashion blogger and a video game blogger. The beauty and the nerd.

Release Date2017-06-01

Charactersd Ele mesmo

Vote Count126

Falling for Scratte | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

A behind the scenes video about Scrat and Scratte detailing how Scrat and Scratte was made, and about other possible endings to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

Release Date2009-10-27

Charactersd Self

Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy

A joyful, cinematic celebration of this singular musical artist, who remains as vital and relevant today as when he exploded on the scene with his group, Brasil '66. With a rich, multi-layered approach to storytelling, the film digs deep to reveal the forces that shaped his incredible journey.

Release Date2021-01-18

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation

Nearly century-old history, Brazilian animation brings rich and stimulating stories and characters that built the path until nowadays.

Release Date2013-09-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Fight Club

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.

Release Date1999-10-15

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Supervisor

Vote Count30427

Ice Age

With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. Along the way, the unlikely allies become friends but, when enemies attack, their quest takes on far nobler aims.

Release Date2002-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count13677

Invisible City

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.

Release Date2021-02-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count374

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.

Release Date2023-10-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

Ice Age: Continental Drift

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.

Release Date2012-06-27

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count7785

Robots

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.

Release Date2005-03-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count4705

Ice Age: Collision Course

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.

Release Date2016-06-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4688

Harold and the Purple Crayon

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.

Release Date2024-07-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count299

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

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!

Release Date2011-11-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count663

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

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.

Release Date2016-03-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count486

Joe's Apartment

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.

Release Date1996-07-26

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobSupervising Animation Director

Vote Count354

Bunny

Bunny, an elderly rabbit who uses a walker, is in her kitchen one night baking a cake. A photograph from her wedding day is on her wall. A pesky and persistent moth bangs about the kitchen. She shoos it outside, turns off the porch light, and returns to her baking. The moth finds its way back into the kitchen, she bats it with a wooden spoon, and it falls into the mix. She stirs it up, pours the batter into a pan, and pops it into the oven. But the moth isn't done: it has a different mission, turning the oven into a portal, and inviting Bunny on a voyage of reunion.

Release Date1998-11-02

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count62

Surviving Sid

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.

Release Date2008-10-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count113

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut.

Release Date2015-11-06

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count131

Gone Nutty

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

Release Date2002-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count197

Rio, I Love You

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.

Release Date2014-09-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count45

No Time for Nuts

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

Release Date2006-10-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count193

All Love Songs

Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier to her husband Daniel. Albeit separated by time, both stories will cross paths in a unique way.

Release Date2018-11-08

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count69

Scrat in Love

The squirrel Scrat is going to meet a mate in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the latest opus of Ice Age. Her name is Scratte, and she is a female saber-tooth squirrel, who can be more intelligent than Scrat, but the Love between the two could blossom between them. There is still an a nutty case of contention though, which is caused by a nut!

Release Date2009-07-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count48

Os Saltimbancos

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Horacio

Spin-off of "Monica's Gang" starring the character Horacio, a Tyrannosaurus that lived among the humans of The Cavern Clan. He was banned from the village for eating all their food and started to search for his mother, who abandoned him while he was in his egg. In most of his comic strips, he is reflecting about existence, or similar subjects. He does it mostly alone, but he also enjoys speaking to his few friends. Unlike common Tyrannosaurus stereotypes, he is very kind and friendly. He is also a vegetarian, having his very own lettuce crop near his cave.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Antes Que Eu Me Esqueça

At 80, Polidoro decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life as a retired judge and become owner of a strip club.

Release Date2017-08-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count20

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond — which is full of intriguing places and dynamic characters, like kidnapped princesses and Rhyme and Reason, and Tock, an oversized watchdog with a clock in his side — and learns that life is much more exciting than he had thought it to be.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

100 Days

"100 Days" is a feature film about Brazilian explorer Amyr Klink, who crossed the South Atlantic Ocean in 1984. It blends adventure, family drama, and emotional flashbacks from his childhood and teen years.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Iemanjá - Ocean's Goddess

Following a crucial theme in Brazilian culture, “Iemanjá – Ocean’s Goddess” will tell the story of Iemanjá, an Orixá or goddess adored by the Brazilian people and also known as the Queen of the Sea. With Ogum, the King of War, as her mentor, Iemanjá, who has psychic abilities, battles with Iansã, an Orixá worshiped as the Storm Goddess.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Time For Love

Two toys fall in love in a clock.

Release Date1993-05-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

La Perra

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

Release Date2023-05-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count6