‘The Lion King’ Director Dies at 76

Director and writer Roger Allers, best known for his work on The Lion King, The Emperor’s New Groove, and Aladdin, has died ...

Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76

With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time ...

Roger Allers, animator, screenwriter, and co-director of “The Lion King”, dies at 76

Allers started his career on the storyboard team for "Tron," moving to Disney to work on animated classics like "Beauty and ...
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Lion King director Roger Allers dies, Disney CEO Bob Iger pays tribute

Disney CEO Bob Iger honors Lion King director and iconic Disney storyboard artist Roger Allers after he passed away at 76.

Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage

A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.