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 codirector 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 Yorks 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 Wedges short film Bunny Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Saldanha licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia