{"id":498073,"date":"2026-01-19T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/roger-allers-co-director-of-the-lion-king-dies-at-76\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:27:00","slug":"roger-allers-co-director-of-the-lion-king-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/roger-allers-co-director-of-the-lion-king-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King, dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santa Monica<\/strong>. \u2013 The animation world mourns the loss of American filmmaker and animator <strong>Roger Allers<\/strong>, co-director of the iconic Disney film <em>The Lion King<\/em> (<em>El Rey Le\u00f3n<\/em>, 1994), who passed away at the age of <strong>76<\/strong> after a brief illness at his home in Santa Monica, California.\n\nAllers left an indelible mark on the film industry, participating as a screenwriter and artist in numerous Disney classics, including <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em> (1991), <em>Aladdin<\/em> (1992), and <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> (1989). His work on <em>The Lion King<\/em>, done with <strong>Rob Minkoff<\/strong>, turned the film into a global success, grossing 979 million dollars worldwide.\n\nDisney CEO <strong>Bob Iger<\/strong> described Allers as a &#8220;creative visionary whose work will endure for generations,&#8221; highlighting his ability to combine unforgettable characters, music, and storytelling in timeless stories.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading:<\/p>\n\n\nCollaborators and colleagues also remembered Allers as a kind, generous, and enthusiastic person, whose spirit and talent inspired an entire generation of animation artists.\n\nRoger Allers leaves a lasting legacy in the history of animated cinema, with films that continue to thrill millions of viewers worldwide.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Monica. \u2013 The animation world mourns the loss of American filmmaker and animator Roger Allers, co-director of the iconic Disney film The Lion King (El Rey Le\u00f3n, 1994), who passed away at the age of 76 after a brief illness at his home in Santa Monica, California. Allers left an indelible mark on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25zr","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}