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Rob Minkoff

Directing

Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff is a director born on August 11, 1962 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is known for The Lion King, Stuart Little and Mr. Peabody & Sherman. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Directing
Born
August 11, 1962
Place of birth
Palo Alto, California, USA

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.

Filmography

  1. 2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hankas Additional Voices (voice) · Director · Producer
  2. 2018Rainbow RangersCreator
  3. 2018Howardas Self
  4. 2014Mr. Peabody & Shermanas Creepy Boy (voice) · Director
  5. 2011Pride of The Lion Kingas Self
  6. 2011FlypaperDirector
  7. 2010Le Jour d'aprèsCreator
  8. 2009Waking Sleeping Beautyas Self - Pumbaa (voice)
  9. 2008The Forbidden KingdomDirector
  10. 2003The Haunted MansionDirector · Executive producer
  11. 2003The Making Of 'The Lion King'as Self
  12. 2003Stuart Little: The Animated SeriesExecutive producer
  13. 2002Stuart Little 2Director · Executive producer
  14. 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animationas Self
  15. 1999Stuart LittleDirector
  16. 1999Stuart Little: Making It Bigas Self
  17. 1994The Making of the Lion Kingas Self
  18. 1994The Lion Kingas Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) · Director
  19. 1993Trail Mix-UpStory
  20. 1992Mickey's AuditionDirector
  21. 1990Roller Coaster RabbitDirector
  22. 1989Tummy TroubleDirector · Story