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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
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
2022
Director, Producer
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
2018
as Self
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
2014
as Creepy Boy (voice)
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
2014
Director
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
2011
as Himself
A behind the scenes look into The Lion King and The Lion King Broadway production.

Flypaper
2011
Director
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
2009
as Self - Pumbaa (voice)
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
2008
Director
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
2003
Director, Executive Producer
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
2002
Director, Executive Producer
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
2000
as Self
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
1999
Director
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
1999
as Self
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
1994
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Lion King.

The Lion King
1994
Director
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
1993
Story, Executive Producer
During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.
Mickey's Audition
1992
Director
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
1990
Director
Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc ensues.

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
1989
Story, Director
Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.

Oliver & Company
1988
Songs
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
1988
Character Designer
Human fear of technology is portrayed in this very amusing futuristic parody. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

The Brave Little Toaster
1987
Character Designer
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
1983
Thanks
A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.
Wolf Totem
N/A
Director
Chinese Odyssey
N/A
Director, Producer
'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
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...