Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 11, 1962
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
Credits
32 titles
Rob Minkoff
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Minkoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Mufasa: The Lion King
Thanks
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Additional Voices (voice)
The Lion King
Thanks
Rainbow Rangers
Creator
Howard
Self
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Creepy Boy (voice)
Pride of The Lion King
Self
Flypaper
Director
Le Jour d'après
Creator
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Pumbaa (voice)
The Forbidden Kingdom
Director
The Haunted Mansion
Director
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Executive Producer
Stuart Little 2
Director
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
Stuart Little
Director
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Self
The Making of the Lion King
Self
The Lion King
Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
Trail Mix-Up
Story
Mickey's Audition
Director
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Director
Tummy Trouble
Story
Oliver & Company
Songs
Technological Threat
Character Designer
The Brave Little Toaster
Character Designer
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Animation
The Great Mouse Detective
Supervising Animator
Paws
Thanks
Wolf Totem
Director
Tenor By Night
Director
Chinese Odyssey
Director