Biography
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 Ci...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
Director
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 a...

La Perra
2023
Executive Producer
In Bogota, a bird-girl leaves behind the family home, her domineering mother and faithful dog to go and explore her sexuality.

Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
2021
as Self
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 gro...

All Love Songs
2018
Co-Producer
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 ...

Ferdinand
2017
as Screaming Matador / Additional Voices (voice)
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with ...

Ferdinand
2017
Director
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with ...

Antes Que Eu Me Esqueça
2017
Executive Producer
At 80, Polidoro decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life as a retired judge and become owner of a strip club.

Love.com
2017
as Ele mesmo
It's a love story between a fashion blogger and a video game blogger. The beauty and the nerd.

Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
Executive Producer
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 ...

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
Executive Producer
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 ne...

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
2015
Executive Producer
Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut.

Rio, I Love You
2014
Director
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...

Rio 2
2014
as Amazon Quail (voice)
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 ...

Rio 2
2014
Director, Story
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 ...

Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation
2013
as Self
Nearly century-old history, Brazilian animation brings rich and stimulating stories and characters that built the path until nowadays.

Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
Executive Producer
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 ...

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011
Executive Producer
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 ma...

Rio
2011
as Second Waiter (voice)
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...

Rio
2011
Director, Story
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...
Falling for Scratte | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
as Self
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 D...

Scrat in Love
2009
Director
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 s...

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
as Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird (voice)
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 whe...

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
Director
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 whe...

Surviving Sid
2008
Executive Producer
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 ...

No Time for Nuts
2006
Executive Producer
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Dodo (voice)
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 ...

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
Director
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 ...

Robots
2005
Co-Director
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...

Gone Nutty
2002
Director
Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.

Ice Age
2002
Co-Director
With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and S...

Fight Club
1999
Animation Supervisor
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches o...

Bunny
1998
Animation
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 p...

Joe's Apartment
1996
Supervising Animation Director
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.

Time For Love
1993
Director
Two toys fall in love in a clock.

Iemanjá - Ocean's Goddess
N/A
Director
Following a crucial theme in Brazilian culture, “Iemanjá – Ocean’s Goddess” will tell the story of Iemanjá, an Orixá or goddess adored by the Brazilia...
100 Days
N/A
Director, Co-Producer
"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...

Horacio
N/A
Director
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 vil...
The Phantom Tollbooth
N/A
Director
The Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives thr...
Os Saltimbancos
N/A
Director