Roger Allers
Director, Actor, Writer
June 29, 1949 — January 17, 2026 (76 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 1994 | The Lion King · as Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Howard · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice) |
| 2007 | The 79th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | Food Network Challenge · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2002 | Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' · as Self - Head Of Story |
| 2002 | The Sweatbox · as Self |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Tron' · as Himself |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet · as Self - Director |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 2014 | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet · as Screenplay |
| 1997 |
| 2015 | Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection · as Adaptation |
| 2006 | The Little Matchgirl · as Adaptation |
| 2004 | The Lion King 1½ · as Additional Screenplay Material |
| 2003 | Brother Bear · as Story |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch · as Story Artist |
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove · as Original Story |
| 1992 | Aladdin · as Story |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast · as Story |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid · as Storyboard |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company · as Story |
| 1983 | Rock & Rule · as Animation |
| 1982 | Tron · as Pre-Visualization Supervisor |
| 1980 | Animalympics · as Art Direction |
| 1980 | Animalympics · as Animation |
| 1980 | Animalympics · as Story |