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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Filmography
all 26
Movies 23
Director 14
self 5
TV Shows 3
Writer 2
Creator 1
Producer 1
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Rainbow Rangers (2018)
Howard (2018)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Pride of The Lion King (2011)
Flypaper (2011)
Le Jour d'après (2010)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2003)
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Stuart Little (1999)
The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
The Making of the Lion King (1994)
Trail Mix-Up (1993)
Mickey's Audition (1992)
Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
Tummy Trouble (1989)
Technological Threat (1988)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
Paws (1983)
Wolf Totem
Chinese Odyssey
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1962-08-11 (61 years old)
Birth PlacePalo Alto, United States of America
SpouseCrystal Kung
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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