Roger Allers
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 29, 1949, Rye, New York, USA
- Died
- January 17, 2026
- Movies
- 16
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2018 | Howard | Self |
| 2011 | Pride of The Lion King | Self |
| 2010 | Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast | Self |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice) |
| 2006 | Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' | Self |
| 2003 | The Making Of 'The Lion King' | Self |
| 2002 | The Sweatbox | Self |
| 2002 | The Making of TRON | Himself |
| 1994 | The Making of the Lion King | Self |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2015 | Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection | Director |
| 2014 | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet | Screenplay, Director |
| 2006 | Open Season | Director |
| 2006 | The Little Matchgirl | Director |
| 2005 | La Petite Fille aux allumettes | Director |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Director |
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