Name
Roger Allers
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1949-06-29
Deathday
2026-01-17 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Rye, New York, USA
Biography
Roger Allers (June 29, 1949 – January 17, 2026) was an American film director, screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, and playwright. He was best known for co-directing Disney Animation's The Lion King (1994), the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, and for writing the Broadway adaptation of the same name. He also directed Sony Pictures Animation's first feature-length animated film, Open Season (2006) and the animated adaptation of The Prophet.
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Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal blo...
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Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under t...
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This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who f...
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Putting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kitte...
- 2002 The Making of TRON as Himself
- 2011 Pride of The Lion King as Self
- 2002 The Sweatbox as Self
- 2018 Howard as Self
- 2010 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
- 2010 Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast as Self
- 2006 Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
- 1994 The Making of the Lion King as Self
- 1994 The Lion King as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)
- 2003 The Making Of 'The Lion King' as Self
