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.
The Making of TRON
(Himself)
Pride of The Lion King
(Self)
The Sweatbox
(Self)
Howard
(Self)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(Self - Jenny Foxworth / Timon (voice))
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
(Self)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
(Self)
The Making of the Lion King
(Self)
The Lion King
(Laughing Hyena (voice) (uncredited))
Open Season
(Director)
The Lion King
(Director)
The Little Matchgirl
(Director)
La Petite Fille aux allumettes
(Director)
Lilo & Stitch
(Story Artist)
Tron
(Pre-Visualization Supervisor)
The Little Mermaid
(Storyboard)
Beauty and the Beast
(Story)
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
(Screenplay)
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
(Director)
Aladdin
(Story)
Animalympics
(Animation)
Animalympics
(Story)
Oliver & Company
(Story)
The Emperor's New Groove
(Original Story)
Animalympics
(Art Direction)
The Little Matchgirl
(Adaptation)
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
(Director)
Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
(Adaptation)
Mufasa: The Lion King
(Thanks)
Rock & Rule
(Animation)