Rob Minkoff

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" 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.

  • Title: Rob Minkoff
  • Popularity: 4.978
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1962-08-11
  • Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
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Rob Minkoff Movies

  • 2011
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    Pride of The Lion King

    Pride of The Lion King

    10 2011 HD

    A behind the scenes look into The Lion King and The Lion King Broadway production.

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  • 2018
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    Howard

    Howard

    6.875 2018 HD

    Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely...

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  • 2009
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    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    7.2 2009 HD

    By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to...

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  • 2022
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    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    6.7 2022 HD

    A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their...

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  • 2014
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    Mr. Peabody & Sherman

    Mr. Peabody & Sherman

    6.7 2014 HD

    A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to...

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  • 2000
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    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    6.8 2000 HD

    This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS "Great Performances" series, examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most...

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  • 1994
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    The Making of the Lion King

    The Making of the Lion King

    10 1994 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Lion King.

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  • 2008
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    The Forbidden Kingdom

    The Forbidden Kingdom

    6.6 2008 HD

    An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the...

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  • 2003
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    The Haunted Mansion

    The Haunted Mansion

    5.673 2003 HD

    Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once...

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  • 2003
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    The Haunted Mansion

    The Haunted Mansion

    5.673 2003 HD

    Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once...

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  • 1999
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    Stuart Little

    Stuart Little

    6.069 1999 HD

    The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while living with...

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  • 2002
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    Stuart Little 2

    Stuart Little 2

    5.8 2002 HD

    Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy...

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  • 1994
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    The Lion King

    The Lion King

    8.3 1994 HD

    Taking inspiration from Shakespeare's Hamlet, a young lion prince grows up in exile after his father is killed by his villainous uncle, and returns...

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  • 2011
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    Flypaper

    Flypaper

    6.4 2011 HD

    A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.

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  • 2022
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    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    6.7 2022 HD

    A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their...

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  • 1989
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    Tummy Trouble

    Tummy Trouble

    6.8 1989 HD

    Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.

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  • 1989
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    Tummy Trouble

    Tummy Trouble

    6.8 1989 HD

    Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.

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  • 1990
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    Roller Coaster Rabbit

    Roller Coaster Rabbit

    6.6 1990 HD

    Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc ensues.

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  • 1993
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    Trail Mix-Up

    Trail Mix-Up

    7.1 1993 HD

    During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.

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  • 1993
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    Trail Mix-Up

    Trail Mix-Up

    7.1 1993 HD

    During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.

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  • 2014
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    Mr. Peabody & Sherman

    Mr. Peabody & Sherman

    6.7 2014 HD

    A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to...

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  • 1988
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    Technological Threat

    Technological Threat

    5.8 1988 HD

    Human fear of technology is portrayed in this very amusing futuristic parody. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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  • 2022
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    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

    6.7 2022 HD

    A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their...

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  • 1970
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    Wolf Totem

    Wolf Totem

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2002
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    Stuart Little 2

    Stuart Little 2

    5.8 2002 HD

    Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy...

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  • 1992
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    Mickey's Audition

    Mickey's Audition

    4 1992 HD

    A five-minute film for The Disney-MGM Studios combining live-action and animation. Mickey Mouse recalls his first big audition and subsequent...

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  • 1970
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    Chinese Odyssey

    Chinese Odyssey

    1 1970 HD

    'Chinese Odyssey' is a supernatural high-seas adventure that pits our hero against an onslaught of deadly foes on the path to fulfilling his destiny....

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  • 1970
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    Chinese Odyssey

    Chinese Odyssey

    1 1970 HD

    'Chinese Odyssey' is a supernatural high-seas adventure that pits our hero against an onslaught of deadly foes on the path to fulfilling his destiny....

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  • 1970
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    Tenor By Night

    Tenor By Night

    1 1970 HD

    A whimsical, cross-cultural comedy about a Chinese American businessman who gives up his dreams of becoming a world-famous singer to build a...

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  • 1987
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    The Brave Little Toaster

    The Brave Little Toaster

    6.9 1987 HD

    A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old...

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  • 1983
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    Paws

    Paws

    1 1983 HD

    A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Stuart Little: The Animated Series is an American animated television series, loosely based on the E. B. White children's book Stuart Little and more...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    Rainbow Rangers takes place in the magical land of Kaleidoscopia and focuses on the adventures of seven 9-year-old girls—Rosie Redd, Bonnie...

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