Roger Allers, the celebrated animator and filmmaker best known for co-directing Disney’s 1994 blockbuster The Lion King, has died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 76. Allers was an influential ...

The world has lost a Disney icon. Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King and a visionary animator, has passed at 76. His magic on screen shaped childhoods and inspired generations of storytellers.