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  • BIRTH 11/08/1962
  • Country United States
  • MOVIES 5
  • DIRECTOR 12
  • SCRIPT 2
  • PRODUCTION 4

Rob Minkoff

Robert R. "Rob" Minkoff (born August 11, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the Academy Award-winning animated feature The Lion King.

Minkoff was born in Palo Alto, California. He studied at California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the Character Animation department. He has directed several films for Walt Disney Feature Animation, including The Lion King (1994) and two of the Roger Rabbit shorts: Tummy Trouble (1989) and Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990).

While working at Disney he wrote the song "Good Company" for Oliver & Company. He also made the films Stuart Little (1999), Stuart Little 2 (2002), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). Minkoff also participates as a member of the jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. He is currently working on two films: Flypaper, which is set to release in 2011 and the announced Chinese Odyssey. He married Crystal Kung on September 29, 2007. Minkoff is the brother-in-law of Jeffrey Kung, a Chinese singer and radio VJ.

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Rob Minkoff

Movies (5)

Howard
Howard
Self
The Making of the Lion King
The Making of the Lion King
Self
Pride of The Lion King
Pride of The Lion King
Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Himself / Pumbaa (voice)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A…
Self

Director (12)

The Lion King
The Lion King
Stuart Little
Stuart Little
The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Forbidden Kingdom
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Flypaper
Flypaper
Hold-up
Hold-up
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Tummy Trouble
Tummy Trouble
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem

Script (2)

Tummy Trouble
Tummy Trouble
Trail Mix-Up
Trail Mix-Up

Production (4)

The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Trail Mix-Up
Trail Mix-Up