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Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff

Director, producer, actor and writer · Born August 11, 1962 (64) · Palo Alto, California, USA

BAFTA Award nominee

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 11, 1962 (64)
From
Palo Alto, California, USA
Works as
Director, producer, actor and writer
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are Rob Minkoff's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
48%
Morality
16%
Self
12%
Society
12%
Ideas
7%
Survival
4%
Power
2%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 9 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
5
Warm
4
Joyful
4
Thrilling
4
Absurd
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rob Minkoff's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rob Minkoff's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mufasa: The Lion King(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank(2022)

    Director · Producer · as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Lion King(2019)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Rainbow Rangers(2018)

    Show Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman(2014)

    Director · Writer · as Creepy Boy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Flypaper(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Le Jour d'après (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show Creator

  • The Forbidden Kingdom(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Haunted Mansion(2003)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Stuart Little(2003)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • Stuart Little 2(2002)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Stuart Little(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Lion King(1994)

    Director · as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Trail Mix-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Co-Executive Producer · Story

  • Mickey's Audition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • Roller Coaster Rabbit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Tummy Trouble(1989)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Oliver & Company(1988)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Technological Threat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Character Designer

  • The Brave Little Toaster(1987)

    Character Designer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Sport Goofy in Soccermania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Animation

  • The Great Mouse Detective(1986)

    Supervising Animator

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Paws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Thanks

  • Chinese Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • Tenor By Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Wolf Totem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 26 titles, 23 of them dated from 1983 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Lion King (1994)

$979M worldwide

Highest rated

The Lion King (1994)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Film career

MilestoneNomination

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 26: 0 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting14 of 26: 7 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thWriting2 of 26: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing6 of 26: 1 only producing, 5 with another roleOther crew10 of 26: 10 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

26 titles, 8 with more than one role.

By decade

1980s7 · crew1990s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew2000s4 · crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew2020s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2002–2014.

  1. 2014
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film
  2. 2002
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Feature Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rob Minkoff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer, producer

Rainbow Rangers (2018)

99th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

The Lion King (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rob Minkoff's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles37–47 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles15–27 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles10–48 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles7–33 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles32–56 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Rob Minkoff work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rob Minkoff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Don Hahn shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles