Rob Minkoff
Known for DirectingBorn 1962-08-11Palo Alto, California, USA
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).
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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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Known for
The Lion King
1994 · as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 · as Creepy Boy (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 · as Additional Voices (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Howard
2018 · as Self
The Making of the Lion King
1994 · as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000 · as Self
Pride of The Lion King
2011 · as Self
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999 · as Self