Rob Minkoff

Directing·Aug 11, 1962·Palo Alto, California, USA

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Minkoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank2022 · Additional Voices (voice), Director, Producer	Additional Voices (voice), Director, Producer
Howard2018 · Self	Self
Mr. Peabody & Sherman2014 · Creepy Boy (voice), Director	Creepy Boy (voice), Director
Pride of The Lion King2011 · Self	Self
Flypaper2011 · Director	Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · Self - Pumbaa (voice)	Self - Pumbaa (voice)
The Forbidden Kingdom2008 · Director	Director
The Haunted Mansion2003 · Director	Director
Stuart Little 22002 · Director	Director
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000 · Self	Self
Stuart Little1999 · Director	Director
Stuart Little: Making It Big1999 · Self	Self
The Making of the Lion King1994 · Self	Self
The Lion King1994 · Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited), Director	Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited), Director
Mickey's Audition1992 · Director	Director
Roller Coaster Rabbit1990 · Director	Director
Tummy Trouble1989 · Director	Director
WWolf TotemDirector	Director
CChinese OdysseyDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
TTenor By NightDirector	Director