Allers was best known for co-directing Disney’s modern classic, The Lion King (1994), a film that became the highest-grossing ...

Filmmaker Roger Allers passed away at 76 on January 17, 2026. Rob Minkoff, who co-directed The Lion King with Rogers, reacted ...

Roger Allers has passed away at the age of 76. He directed these animated features besides 1994's Disney hit The Lion King.

Allers also wrote and directed the 2014 animated movie “The Prophet, based on Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 book of the same name.

Veteran animator, storyboard artist, director, and playwright Roger Allers has passed away at his home in Santa Monica ...

Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the film-maker Roger Allers was a "creative visionary" following his death at the age of 76.

Roger Allers, a director who was credited with helping lead the ‘ Disney Renaissance’, has died aged 76. Best known for ...

Allers started his career on the storyboard team for "Tron," moving to Disney to work on animated classics like "Beauty and ...

Roger Allers' journey in animation began with his fine arts degree from Arizona State University. His career at Walt Disney Animation Studios took off in the late 1970s, where he contributed to ...

Roger Allers, the celebrated animator and filmmaker best known for co-directing Disney’s 1994 blockbuster The Lion King, has ...