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Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff

Known For Directing
Birthday Aug 11, 1962 (63)
Birthplace Palo Alto, California, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 depart ... ment. 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.

Known For

Filmography

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

as Additional Voices (voice)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Creepy Boy (voice)

Trail Mix-Up

Trail Mix-Up

1993

Story

Technological Threat

Technological Threat

1988

Character Designer

The Brave Little Toaster

The Brave Little Toaster

1987

Character Designer

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

Director

Flypaper

Flypaper

2011

Director

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

2003

Director

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

2002

Director

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

Director

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994

Director

Mickey's Audition

Mickey's Audition

1992

Director

Roller Coaster Rabbit

Roller Coaster Rabbit

1990

Director

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

2003

Executive Producer

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

2002

Executive Producer

Trail Mix-Up

Trail Mix-Up

1993

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
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