Rob Minkoff
Known for Directing · 9 credits
- Born
- 1962-08-11 (age 63)
- 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.
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Known For
The Lion King
1994
as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Creepy Boy (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Howard
2018
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
Movies (9)
The Lion King
1994
as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Creepy Boy (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
Howard
2018
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
The Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
as Self
Pride of The Lion King
2011
as Self
About Rob Minkoff
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"… With 9 credits spanning from 1994 to 2022, Rob Minkoff has appeared in 9 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rob Minkoff Movies
- The Lion King (1994) — as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) — as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) — as Creepy Boy (voice)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
- Howard (2018) — as Self
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