Roger Allers
- Directing
- June 29, 1949 · Rye, New York, USA
- January 17, 2026
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Allers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Mufasa: The Lion King · Thanks
- The Lion King · Thanks
- Howard · Self
- Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection · Director, Adaptation
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet · Screenplay, Director
- Pride of The Lion King · Self
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' · Self
- Open Season · Director
- The Little Matchgirl · Director, Adaptation
- La Petite Fille aux allumettes · Director
- The Lion King 1½ · Additional Writing
- The Making Of 'The Lion King' · Self
- The Sweatbox · Self
- Lilo & Stitch · Story Artist
- The Making of TRON · Self
- The Emperor's New Groove · Story
- The Making of the Lion King · Self
- The Lion King · Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited), Director
- Aladdin · Story
- Beauty and the Beast · Story
- The Rescuers Down Under · Storyboard
- The Little Mermaid · Storyboard
- Oliver & Company · Story
- Rock & Rule · Animation
- Tron · Pre-Visualization Supervisor
- Animalympics · Animation, Art Direction