Roger Allers

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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.

Filmography

• Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
• The Lion King (2019)
• Howard (2018)
• Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)
• Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014)
• Pride of The Lion King (2011)
• Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast (2010)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
• Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
• Open Season (2006)
• The Little Matchgirl (2006)
• La Petite Fille aux allumettes (2005)
• The Lion King 1½ (2004)
• The Making Of 'The Lion King' (2003)
• The Sweatbox (2002)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• The Making of TRON (2002)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
• The Making of the Lion King (1994)
• The Lion King (1994)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• Oliver & Company (1988)
• Rock & Rule (1983)
• Tron (1982)
• Animalympics (1980)