Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff

Born 1962-08-11 (age 63) Palo Alto, California, USA
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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 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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Known For

The Lion King
The Lion King

1994

as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Creepy Boy (voice)

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

as Additional Voices (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self - Pumbaa (voice)

Howard
Howard

2018

as Self

The Making of the Lion King
Pride of The Lion King
Stuart Little: Making It Big