Carlos Saldanha

Carlos Saldanha

1965-01-24 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 39 Credits

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...

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon

2024

Director

6.7
Directing

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

La Perra

2023

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

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

Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy

2021

as Self

7.7
Acting

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

All Love Songs

2018

Co-Producer

7.3
Producing

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

Ferdinand

2017

as Screaming Matador / Additional Voices (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

Ferdinand

Ferdinand

2017

Director

7.2
Directing

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

Antes Que Eu Me Esqueça

2017

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

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

Love.com

2017

as Ele mesmo

6.7
Acting

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

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

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

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

2016

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

2015

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut.

Rio, I Love You

Rio, I Love You

2014

Director

4.9
Directing

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

Rio 2

2014

as Amazon Quail (voice)

6.5
Acting

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

Rio 2

2014

Director, Story

6.5
Directing Writing

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

Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation

2013

as Self

5.7
Acting

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

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

2011

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

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

Rio

2011

as Second Waiter (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

Rio

2011

Director, Story

6.8
Directing Writing

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

Acting

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

Scrat in Love

2009

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

as Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

Director

6.8
Directing

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

Surviving Sid

2008

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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

No Time for Nuts

2006

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

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

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

as Dodo (voice)

6.7
Acting

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

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Director

6.7
Directing

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

Robots

2005

Co-Director

6.5
Directing

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

Gone Nutty

2002

Director

7.0
Directing

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

Ice Age

Ice Age

2002

Co-Director

7.4
Directing

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

Fight Club

1999

Animation Supervisor

8.4

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

Bunny

1998

Animation

6.6

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

Joe's Apartment

1996

Supervising Animation Director

5.8
Directing

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

Time For Love

1993

Director

Directing

Two toys fall in love in a clock.

Iemanjá - Ocean's Goddess

Iemanjá - Ocean's Goddess

N/A

Director

10.0
Directing

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

Directing Producing

"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

Horacio

N/A

Director

10.0
Directing

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

Directing

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

Directing