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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.
Scrat is an 2006 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox. It is a spin-off/prequel to the Ice Age franchise. The film was directed by Chris Wedge and co-directed by Carlos Saldanha and Karen Disher from a screenplay by Michael J. Wilson and a story by Jenny Bicks, and features the voices of Chris Wedge, Karen Disher, Tom Hiddleston, Jack Black, Diedrich Bader, Alan Tudyk, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston and Kari Wahlgren. The film was released in the United States on April 14, 2006. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and was nominated half of the awards and won half of the awards. The film has grossed over $968 million worldwide.
