22 Facts About Rob Minkoff

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Robert Ralph Minkoff was born on August 11,1962 and is an American filmmaker.

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Rob Minkoff is best known for co-directing The Lion King, and live-action films including Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2, The Haunted Mansion, and The Forbidden Kingdom.

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Rob Minkoff's wife, Crystal Kung Minkoff, is a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

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Rob Minkoff studied at Palo Alto High School and graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s in the Character Animation department.

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Rob Minkoff was then a supervising animator for The Great Mouse Detective for the character Olivia, before working as a character designer for The Brave Little Toaster.

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Rob Minkoff then became a director for Tummy Trouble accompanied with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

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Rob Minkoff directed a Mickey Mouse short, which was shown at the Disney-MGM Studios, titled Mickey's Audition.

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8.

Eager to direct a live-action film, Rob Minkoff was handed the script for a feature-length Roger Rabbit sequel, and was hired to develop the project.

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In 1997, Rob Minkoff re-teamed with them on a film adaptation of Into the Woods for Columbia Pictures.

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When development had stalled, Minkoff learned from the studio's production head about Stuart Little, and after subsequently reading M Night Shyamalan's script, he agreed to direct.

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In 1998, Sony Pictures had announced Rob Minkoff was directing Stuart Little.

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In 2002, Rob Minkoff was hired to direct The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy.

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Sometime in the 2000s, Rob Minkoff founded his own production company, Sprocketdyne Entertainment.

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Rob Minkoff then toyed with self-financing the film himself, before bringing the film to DreamWorks Animation in 2005.

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In 2010, Rob Minkoff had been attached to direct the fantasy action adventure Chinese Odyssey.

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Rob Minkoff served as a director on the 2018 animated Netflix original animated series of the late Anna Dewdney picture book franchise Llama Llama, overseeing all aspects of production.

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In 2010, Rob Minkoff was pitched the idea for Blazing Samurai by writer Ed Stone, who initially envisioned an all-human cast.

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However, Rob Minkoff suggested an all-animal cast, and in 2014, he was attached as a producer.

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Rob Minkoff met his wife Crystal Kung Rob Minkoff, a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, at a party in his office in 2003, and they attended the Finding Nemo premiere as their first date.

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Rob Minkoff proposed to her on Valentine's Day 2006, and they married on September 29,2007.

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Rob Minkoff's brother is Jeffrey Kung, a singer and radio VJ in China.

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Rob Minkoff 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.