FILM DIRECTOR

Carlos Saldanha

1965 - Today

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Carlos Saldanha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁluz sawˈdɐɲɐ]; born 24 January 1965) is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who worked with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Rio (2011), Rio 2 (2014), Ferdinand (2017), and Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024), and the co-director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Saldanha has received more than 471,221 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Carlos Saldanha is the 1,384th most popular film director (down from 1,300th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 695th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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  • 470k

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  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carlos Saldanha ranks 1,384 out of 2,041. Before him are Rich Moore, Sidney Olcott, Alfred E. Green, James Young, Semih Kaplanoğlu, and Chloé Zhao. After him are Lev Arnshtam, Gavin Hood, Edward Lachman, Lev Kulidzhanov, Flora Gomes, and Hugh Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Carlos Saldanha ranks 349. Before him are Gilles Panizzi, Miguel Pardeza, Yuji Naka, Guy Forget, Stefan Schwarzmann, and Sergio Vázquez. After him are James Tupper, Bas Rutten, Radion Gataullin, Choi Dae-shik, Richard Cheese, and Don Frye.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Saldanha ranks 764 out of 2,236. Before him are Mancini (1980), Bernard (1992), César Maluco (1945), Muricy Ramalho (1955), Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro (1995), and Ruy de Freitas (1916). After him are Carlinhos Brown (1962), Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862), Clementina de Jesus (1901), Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820), Fritz d'Orey (1938), and José Rodrigues Neto (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Carlos Saldanha ranks 8. Before him are Fernando Meirelles (1955), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Walter Salles (1956), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), José Padilha (1967), and Bruno Barreto (1955).

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