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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.
A young prince of the pride lands, Simba, is born to rule everything the light touches. But his destiny is shattered when his father, Mufasa, has been killed. Fleeing from his homeland, Simba is captured by humans and shipped off to India. Alone and caged, he is rescued by a jungle boy named Mowgli, and his friends Baloo and Bagheera. Meanwhile, Scar is now the king of the pride lands, but since there's no other meat left, Scar decides to move with the pride and hyenas all across Africa where they are confronted by Tarzan and the Apes. Simba all grown up has to return to Africa because he is the rightful king, the jungle trio comes to his aid, while being followed by Shere Khan. Now the battle for Africa begins. Simba, Tarzan, Mowgli and Baloo all come together to defeat Scar, Shere Khan, and Tublat. But as if this adventure couldn't get any more wild, they all fall into the hidden world of dinosaurs (that one episode from The Legend of Tarzan), where Littlefoot and his friends help the jungle heroes escape while facing another predator, the Sharptooth! It's Disney's most epic 4-hour animated crossover event ever made! It’s a grand tale where the Circle of Life, The Bare Necessities, Two Worlds, One Family, and The Land Before Time collide in an unforgettable jungle adventure!
