For a generation of viewers, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons are comfort watches, not political texts. A new ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, California — Roger Allers, the American animator, director and storyteller best known for co-directing Disney’s ...

Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films, including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Little Mermaid.' ...

Roger Allers has passed away at the age of 76. He directed these animated features besides 1994's Disney hit The Lion King.

Just as the original animated film "The Lion King" celebrates its 25th anniversary, tickets are on sale for the new version of the film out this summer. The film has an all-star cast behind it: ...

Allers was best known for co-directing Disney’s modern classic, The Lion King (1994), a film that became the highest-grossing ...

Roger Allers, co-director of Disney's 'The Lion King' has died at 76. Allers, who also co-wrote the Broadway adaptation of ...

Roger Allers, the Oscar and Tony-nominated co-director of Disney’s iconic 1994 animated film The Lion King, has died at 76. A ...