Rob Minkoff

Robert Ralph "Rob" Minkoff is an American director, producer, animator, and screenwriter. He is known for directing the Academy Award–winning animated feature film The Lion King, along with Roger Allers.
==Early life==
Minkoff was born in Palo Alto, California. He studied at Palo Alto High School and graduated from California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the Character Animation department. While he was working his way through CalArts, he was hired by Disney as a cleanup artist in 1983 and worked on The Black Cauldron.
==Career==
Minkoff 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 directed the 2003 spooky comedy The Haunted Mansion.
Outside of Disney, he directed the 1999 family film Stuart Little as well as its 2002 sequel and the 2014 DreamWorks adaptation of Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Recently, Minkoff co-created (alongside Shane Morris, Tim Mansfield, and Elise Allen) the Nick Jr. animated series Rainbow Rangers.
==Feature Film Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Inbetween Artist 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Supervising Animator: Olivia Flaversham	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1987	The Brave Little Toaster 	Character Designer 	Walt Disney Pictures
1988	Oliver & Company 	Music/Lyrics: Good Company 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Character Animator 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Pre-Production Script Development 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1994	The Lion King 	Director 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2003	The Haunted Mansion 	Director 	Walt Disney Pictures
==Animated Shorts Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Company
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Animator 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1989	Tummy Trouble 	Director 	Walt Disney Pictures
1990	Roller Coaster Rabbit 	Director 	Walt Disney Pictures
1993	Trail Mix-Up 	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Pictures
==Characters animated==
Mousedetective017.jpg|Olivia Flaversham
==Gallery==
Kelly Asbury & Rob Minkoff CalArts 1983.jpg|Rob Minkoff and Kelly Asbury sitting outside CalArts in May 1983.
Roger_Allers_&_Rob_Minkoff_storyboarding_LK.jpg|Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers doing a storyboard pitch for The Lion King.
Rob Minkoff Haunted Mansion.jpg|Rob Minkoff behind the scenes of The Haunted Mansion.
Allers & Minkoff- LK3D.jpg|Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers at premiere of The Lion King 3D re-release in August 2011.
Rob Minkoff & wife Crystal Kung Mr. Peabody & Sherman permiere.jpg|Rob Minkoff with his wife, Crystal Kung at Mr. Peabody & Sherman premiere in March 2014.
Rob Minkoff & kids at World of Children Hero Awards Benefit.jpg|Rob Minkoff with his kids: Max and Zoe at the 2019 World of Children Hero Awards Benefit.
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