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Roger Allers | Director, Writer, Animation Department

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Known for

Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)

  • Director
  • 1994

Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Belle en het Beest (1991)

  • Additional Crew
  • 1991

Jodi Benson in The Little Mermaid (1989)

  • Art Department
  • 1989

Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Douglas Seale, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)

  • Writer
  • 1992

Director

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  • Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)

    • 2015

  • The Prophet (2014)

    • 2014

  • The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2007)

    • 2007

  • Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Cody Cameron, and Maddie Taylor in Open Season (2006)

    • 2006

  • The Little Matchgirl (2006)

    • 2006

  • 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)

    • 2005

  • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2001)

    • 2001

  • Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)

    • 1994

Writer

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Animation Department

  • Upcoming
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Videos12

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • Born
  • Spouse
    • Leslee Hackenson1977 - present (divorced, 2 children)
  • Children
  • Relatives
  • Other works

    Co-wrote the book for the smash hit Broadway musical, The Lion King.

  • Quotes

    My father died a few years before I started work on The Lion King (1994) so it definitely was in there, informing the whole thing. I know one thing we wanted to do when we finished it was to dedicate it to our fathers. To all fathers which I thought would have been a nice idea.

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