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Rob Minkoff
Director 64 years old

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 Palo Alto, California. He studied at California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Rob Minkoff 2014 1h 32m 6.3

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

Flypaper

Flypaper

Rob Minkoff 2011 1h 27m 6.6

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.

The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

Rob Minkoff 2008 1h 44m 6.2

A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

Rob Minkoff 2003 1h 28m 4.6

Workaholic Jim Evers, his wife/business partner and their two kids are summoned to a mansion. When they discover that the place is haunted, Jim discovers an important lesson about the family he's neglected as they attempt to escape.

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

Rob Minkoff 2002 1h 18m 5.4

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 mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

Rob Minkoff 1999 1h 24m 5.7

The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.

The Lion King

The Lion King

Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers 1994 1h 29m 8.4

One of the most popular Disney animated musicals, The Lion King presents the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal destiny. Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom.

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