Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff

1962-08-11 Palo Alto, California, USA 27 Credits

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 ...

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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.6
Acting

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 vil...

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

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 vil...

Howard

Howard

2018

as Self

6.9
Acting

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

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Creepy Boy (voice)

6.7
Acting

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 b...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

Director

6.7
Directing

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 b...

Pride of The Lion King

Pride of The Lion King

2011

as Himself

10.0
Acting

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

Flypaper

Flypaper

2011

Director

6.4
Directing

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.

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self - Pumbaa (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

2008

Director

6.6
Directing

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

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

2003

Director, Executive Producer

5.7
Directing Producing

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 t...

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

2002

Director, Executive Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

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 m...

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

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

2000

as Self

6.8
Acting

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

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

Director

6.1
Directing

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

Stuart Little: Making It Big

Stuart Little: Making It Big

1999

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the making of director Rob Minkoff's feature film, "Stuart Little" that first aired on HBO.

The Making of the Lion King

The Making of the Lion King

1994

as Self

10.0
Acting

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

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994

Director

8.3
Directing

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his vill...

Trail Mix-Up

Trail Mix-Up

1993

Story, Executive Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

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

Mickey's Audition

1992

Director

4.0
Directing

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

Roller Coaster Rabbit

Roller Coaster Rabbit

1990

Director

6.7
Directing

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

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble

1989

Story, Director

6.8
Writing Directing

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

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

1988

Songs

6.7

A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get fo...

Technological Threat

Technological Threat

1988

Character Designer

5.8

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

The Brave Little Toaster

The Brave Little Toaster

1987

Character Designer

6.9

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 'ma...

Paws

Paws

1983

Thanks

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

Wolf Totem

N/A

Director

Directing

Chinese Odyssey

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

'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. ...

Tenor By Night

N/A

Director

Directing

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