Roger Allers’ 1994 film ‘The Lion King’ was a massive success #TheLionKing directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff say they wanted Malcolm-Jamal Warner to play Simba in the original film pic ...

Roger Allers: Anthology features are tough. They can reveal treasures, for those who are willing to explore, yet can be wearying for those for whom narrative is important.

Roger Allers, director of Disney’s The Lion King and story supervisor on Beauty and the Beast, spoke recently with Italian comic website Fumettologica, and the interview—available in both ...

Roger Allers faced a unique challenge as the director of “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.” He had to curate eight separate pieces of animation from nine other directors (twins Paul and Gaetan ...

Hayek, Allers, Neeson, and the rest of the principal cast and crew should be proud of their achievement in bringing one of 20th century’s most popular works of prose poetry to gloriously ...

Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi were no strangers to “Lion King” — he was co-director of the hit animated Disney movie in 1994, which she co-wrote — but expanded the 90-minute film to a more ...

Roger Allers: Yes, we all knew that it was a wee bit risky and I didn’t have a clue how to adapt his book. It’s so slim in terms of story. I just knew I wanted to do it.

Name: Roger Allers Roger Allers Age: 74 Resides: Wyomissing Military service: Served in the Navy from 1968 to 1971, deployed to Vietnam and the West Pacific. Following boot camp and training at ...

“We all said we thought it was a terrible idea,” said Roger Allers, co-director of the 1994 animated feature and co-writer of the book for the Broadway stage adaptation of “The Lion King.” ...