Roger Allers
June 29, 1949 (76 years old) in Rye, New York, USA
Roger Allers (June 29, 1949 – January 2026) was an American film director, screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, and playwright. He is 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
Credits
- 2018 · Howard as Self
- 2011 · Pride of The Lion King as Self
- 2010 · Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast as Self
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)
- 2006 · Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
- 2002 · The Sweatbox as Self
- 2002 · The Making of TRON as Himself
- 1994 · The Making of the Lion King as Self
- 1994 · The Lion King as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)