'Lion King' Director Was 76
The Hollywood Reporter • • general
Key Points:
- Roger Allers, the acclaimed director of Disney’s 1994 animated hit The Lion King, passed away at age 76 after a brief illness at his home in Santa Monica.
- Allers had a distinguished career in animation, contributing to classics such as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid, and co-directing The Lion King, which became the highest-grossing film of 1994.
- He earned a Tony nomination for adapting The Lion King into a Broadway musical and received an Academy Award nomination for the animated short The Little Matchgirl.
- Disney CEO Bob Iger praised Allers as a creative visionary whose storytelling and character work helped define an era of animation and continue to inspire audiences worldwide.
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