Rob Edwards
Birthdate: Jun 22, 1963
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Rob Edwards is a veteran screenwriter and producer in feature animation after establishing his name as a writer in the TV sitcom arena in the 1980s and 1990s. Edwards made his feature debut as a co-writer (with directors/producers/story writers Ron Clements and John Musker) of Treasure Planet (2002), the Disney animated sci-fi version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (and the third movie version set in space) co-starring the voice cast of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Laurie Metcalf, Roscoe Lee Browne and Patrick McGoohan, but failed at the box office with a poor $110 million return on a $140 million budget.
Edwards reunited as co-screenwriter with co-directors/co-writers John Musker and Ron Clements on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (2009), the animated version of E.D. Baker’s 2002 novel The Frog Princess and the Brothers Grimm’s tale The Frog Prince. The film features the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Jim Cummings, John Goodman, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, and Terrence Howard, and grossed $271 million on a $105 million budget.
Edwards returned to feature films as co-screenwriter and co-story writer of the Disney/Marvel Studios sequel directed and co-written by Julius Onah, Captain America: Brave New World (2025), starring Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson and Harrison Ford, and grossing below break-even numbers with a $409 million global take.
Edwards stepped up to the helm as co-director (with Chris Jenkins) of the US/UK/India animated co-production, Sneaks (2025), with the voices of Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Swae Lee, Chloe Bailey, Macy Gray, Keith David, Chris Paul and Laurence Fishburne, and released by Briarcliff Entertainment (US)/Sky Cinema (UK). Edwards was also co-writer (with Maxi Valero) of the Wiseblue Studios computer-animated feature comedy, MiBots (date to be announced).
Personal life
Rob Edwards was born and raised in Detroit’s Bloomfield Hills neighborhood by his parents. Edwards attended and graduated from the Cranbrook Schools, and then majored in Transmedia at Syracuse University in its College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Known For
The Princess and the Frog
(2009)
Treasure Planet
(2002)
Out All Night
(1992)
Awards
Nominee, Best Writing-Variety or Music Program, Emmy Awards (1990).
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Facts About Rob Edwards
TV Life: Rob Edwards devoted his first decade in show business to television as a writer, story editor and consultant to such shows as Full House (1988), A Different World (1988-1989), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1991), In Living Color (1990-1992), Roc (1993-1994), The Parent ‘Hood (1995) and In the House (1996-1997).
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