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Roger Allers

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Roger Allers

Jun 29, 1949 – Jan 17, 202627 titles 27 movies · 0 TV
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Biography

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.

Born

Jun 29, 1949 – Jan 17, 2026

Rye, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

9

Acting credits

6

Directing

11

Writing

6

Other crew

Most critically rated

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