Roger Allers
American animator and filmmaker (1949-2026) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 76
Roger Allers was an American filmmaker, 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.
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HowardFilm2015
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films CollectionFilm, Director2014
Kahlil Gibran's The ProphetFilm, Director, Writer2011
Pride of The Lion KingFilm2010
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the BeastFilm2006
Open SeasonFilm, Director2005La Petite Fille aux allumettesFilm, Director2002
The Making of TRONFilm, Himself1994
The Lion KingFilm, Director
The Making of the Lion KingFilm, 19941992
AladdinFilm, Writer1991
Beauty and the BeastFilm, Writer1988
Oliver & CompanyFilm, Writer1980
AnimalympicsFilm, Writer1949Born29 June 1949People around Roger
Don Hahn Produced Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King
Gary Trousdale Directed Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Frank Welker Also in Oliver & Company (1988)
John Krasinski Roger directed The Prophet (2015)
Frank Langella Roger directed The Prophet (2015)
Quvenzhané Wallis Roger directed The Prophet (2015)
Chris Sanders Also in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
Joe Ranft Also in Oliver & Company (1988)
Kirk Wise Directed Beauty and the Beast (1991)- Burny Mattinson Also in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
Philip Proctor Also in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
Salma Hayek Roger directed The Prophet (2015)
Liam Neeson Roger directed The Prophet (2015)
Cheech Marin Also in Oliver & Company and The Lion King
Jeffrey Katzenberg Produced The Lion King (1994)
John Musker Directed Aladdin (1992)
Jack Angel Also in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
Ron Clements Directed Aladdin (1992)
Kevin Lima Also in Oliver & Company and Aladdin- Howard Ashman Produced Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Linda Woolverton Also in Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King
Steven Lisberger Directed Animalympics (1980)
Paul Westerberg Roger directed Open Season (2006)
Sherry Lynn Also in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
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The Lion King 1994
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection 2015
Aladdin 1992
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet 2014
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He also directed Sony Pictures Animation's first feature-length animated film, Open Season (2006) and the animated adaptation of The Prophet.
