Roger Allers

Roger Allers June 29 1949 January 17 2026 was an American film director screenwriter animator storyboard artist and playwright He was best known for codirecting Disney Animations The Lion King 1994 the highestgrossing traditionally animated film of all time and for writing the Broadway adaptation of the same name He also directed Sony Pictures Animations first featurelength animated film Open Season 2006 and the animated adaptation of The Prophet Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Allers licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia