Roger Allers

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Roger Allers

Writing June 29, 1949

Rye, New York, USA

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…

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The Lion King

The Lion King

8.3 1994 Movie
Aladdin

Aladdin

7.7 1992 Movie
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

7.7 1991 Movie
The Lion King

The Lion King

7.1 2019 Movie
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

7.4 1989 Movie
The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove

7.6 2000 Movie
Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

7.6 2002 Movie
The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½

6.6 2004 Movie
Open Season

Open Season

6.2 2006 Movie
Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa: The Lion King

7.3 2024 Movie
Tron

Tron

6.6 1982 Movie
Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

6.7 1988 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Mufasa: The Lion King

    Movie Thanks

  2. 2019
    The Lion King

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2018
    Howard

    Movie Self

  4. 2015
    Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection

    Movie Director

  5. 2014
    Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 2011
    Pride of The Lion King

    Movie Self

  7. 2010
    Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

    Movie Self

  8. 2009
    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Movie Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice)

  9. 2006
    Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

    Movie Self

  10. 2006
    Open Season

    Movie Director

  11. 2006
    The Little Matchgirl

    Movie Director

  12. 2005
    La Petite Fille aux allumettes

    Movie Director

  13. 2004
    The Lion King 1½

    Movie Additional Writing

  14. 2002
    The Sweatbox

    Movie Self

  15. 2002
    Lilo & Stitch

    Movie Story Artist

  16. 2002
    The Making of TRON

    Movie Himself

More credits
  1. 2000
    The Emperor's New Groove

    Movie Original Story

  2. 1994
    The Making of the Lion King

    Movie Self

  3. 1994
    The Lion King

    Movie Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited)

  4. 1992
    Aladdin

    Movie Story

  5. 1991
    Beauty and the Beast

    Movie Story

  6. 1990
    The Rescuers Down Under

    Movie Storyboard

  7. 1989
    The Little Mermaid

    Movie Storyboard

  8. 1988
    Oliver & Company

    Movie Story

  9. 1983
    Rock & Rule

    Movie Animation

  10. 1982
    Tron

    Movie Pre-Visualization Supervisor

  11. 1980
    Animalympics

    Movie Animation