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Rob Minkoff
Palo Alto, California, USA
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 P…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie Thanks
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2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2019
The Lion King
Movie Thanks
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2018
Rainbow Rangers
TV show Creator
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2018
Howard
Movie Self
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2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Movie Creepy Boy (voice)
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2011
Pride of The Lion King
Movie Self
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2011
Flypaper
Movie Director
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2010
Le Jour d'après
TV show Creator
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self - Pumbaa (voice)
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2008
The Forbidden Kingdom
Movie Director
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2003
The Haunted Mansion
Movie Director
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2003
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
TV show Executive Producer
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2002
Stuart Little 2
Movie Director
- 2000
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1999
Stuart Little
Movie Director
More credits
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1999
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Movie Self
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1994
The Making of the Lion King
Movie Self
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1994
The Lion King
Movie Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
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1993
Trail Mix-Up
Movie Story
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1992
Mickey's Audition
Movie Director
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1990
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Movie Director
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1989
Tummy Trouble
Movie Story
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1988
Oliver & Company
Movie Songs
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1988
Technological Threat
Movie Character Designer
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1987
The Brave Little Toaster
Movie Character Designer
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1987
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Movie Animation
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1986
The Great Mouse Detective
Movie Supervising Animator
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1983
Paws
Movie Thanks
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Chinese Odyssey
Movie Director
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Tenor By Night
Movie Director
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Wolf Totem
Movie Director
