The Lion King (1994)

Directors:

Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff

Writers:

Irene Mecchi (screenplay) and
Jonathan Roberts (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical

Tagline:

See it for the first time ever in 3D (2011 3D re-release)

Plot:

Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.

Plot Keywords:

Scar | King | Prince | Lion | Africa

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Young Simba (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Adult Simba (voice)
James Earl Jones	...	Mufasa (voice)
Jeremy Irons	...	Scar (voice)
Moira Kelly	...	Adult Nala (voice)
Niketa Calame	...	Young Nala (voice)
Ernie Sabella	...	Pumbaa (voice)
Nathan Lane	...	Timon (voice)
Robert Guillaume	...	Rafiki (voice)
Rowan Atkinson	...	Zazu (voice)
Madge Sinclair	...	Sarabi (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Shenzi (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Banzai (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Cummings	...	Ed (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Cathy Cavadini	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Judi M. Durand	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Daamen J. Krall	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Zoe Leader	...	Sarafina (voice) (uncredited)
David McCharen	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Mary Linda Phillips	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Phil Proctor	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
David Randolph	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Evan Saucedo	...	Young Simba - in 'Morning Report' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Brian Tochi	...	Fighting Hyena (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff

Writing credits
Irene Mecchi		(screenplay) and
Jonathan Roberts		(screenplay) and
Linda Woolverton		(screenplay)
Brenda Chapman		(story supervisor)
Burny Mattinson		(story) &
Barry Johnson		(story) &
Lorna Cook		(story) &
Thom Enriquez		(story) &
Andy Gaskill		(story) &
Gary Trousdale		(story) &
Jim Capobianco		(story) &
Kevin Harkey		(story) &
Jorgen Klubien		(story) &
Chris Sanders		(story) &
Tom Sito		(story) &
Larry Leker		(story) &
Joe Ranft		(story) &
Rick Maki		(story) &
Ed Gombert		(story) &
Francis Glebas		(story) &
Mark Kausler		(story)
J.T. Allen		(additional story material) &
George Scribner		(additional story material) &
Miguel Tejada-Flores		(additional story material) &
Jenny Tripp		(additional story material) &
Bob Tzudiker		(additional story material) &
Christopher Vogler		(additional story material) (as Chris Vogler) &
Kirk Wise		(additional story material) &
Noni White		(additional story material)

Produced by
Alice Dewey	....	associate producer
Don Hahn	....	producer
Sarah McArthur	....	executive producer
Thomas Schumacher	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Film Editing by
Ivan Bilancio

Casting by
Brian Chavanne

Production Design by
Chris Sanders

Art Direction by
Andy Gaskill

Production Management
Karenna Mazur Alderton	....	assistant production manager: backgrounds/animation check (as Karenna Mazur)
Dorothy Aronica-McKim	....	pre-production manager (as Dorothy L. McKim)
Dana Axelrod	....	production manager
Loni Beckner-Black	....	assistant production manager: clean-up (as Loni Beckner Black)
Kirk Bodyfelt	....	assistant production manager: effects/CGI
Holly E. Bratton	....	assistant production manager: story/sweatbox
Sara Duran	....	post-production manager
Patricia Hicks	....	assistant production manager: layout
Cathy Lawrence	....	assistant production manager: color models
Michael Meagher	....	assistant production manager: CAPS & retakes (as Michael 'Tony' Meagher)
Lisa M. Poole	....	assistant production manager: editorial (as Lisa M. Smith)
Craig Sost	....	post-production manager
Paul Steele	....	assistant production manager: layout/background, Florida
Don Walters	....	production manager: Florida
Aaron Pichel	....	production manager: development (uncredited)

Art Department
Hans Bacher	....	visual development artist
Randy Fullmer	....	artistic coordinator
Jean Gillmore	....	visual development artist
Joe Grant	....	visual development artist
Mike Hodgson	....	visual development artist (as Michael Hodgson)
Lisa Keene	....	visual development artist
Sue C. Nichols	....	visual development artist
Mel Shaw	....	visual development artist
Bob Smith	....	visual development artist
Bruce Zick	....	visual development artist
John Alvin	....	poster artist (uncredited)
Pam Darley	....	trainee art department (uncredited)
David S. Smith	....	development artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor (as Paul J. Berolzheimer)
Weldon Brown	....	additional dialogue recordist
Jeanette Browning	....	dubbing recordist
Vince Caro	....	additional dialogue recordist
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor (as Michael Chock)
James Christopher	....	sound effects editor
Steve Hellaby	....	additional dialogue recordist
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donlee Jorgensen	....	foley editor (as Don Lee Jorgensen)
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue recordist
R.J. Kizer	....	dialogue editor
Steve Lee	....	sound effects librarian
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Morris	....	additional dialogue recordist
Judy Nord	....	pdl
Andrew Patterson	....	adr editor
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Pospisil	....	special sound effects
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Ralph Stuart	....	assistant sound editor
Matthew C. Beville	....	sound transferer (uncredited)
Scott Houle	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Rick Mitchell	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Bruno Roussel	....	assistant sound engineer (uncredited)
Marco Streccioni	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mark Barrows	....	assistant effects animator
Rob Bekuhrs	....	additional cgi animation
Linda Bel	....	computer animation: "Wildebeest Stampede"
Christine Blum	....	effects animator
Allen Blyth	....	effects animator
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	compositor (3D version 2011)
Dave Bossert	....	effects animator
Kristine Brown	....	assistant effects animator
Tony Chai	....	assistant technical director (3D version 2011)
Ed Coffey	....	effects animator
Michael Duhatschek	....	assistant effects animator (as Michael G. Duhatschek)
Jeff Dutton	....	artistic supervisor: visual effects, Florida
Geoffrey C. Everts	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Colbert Fennelly	....	assistant effects animator
Jazno Francoeur	....	assistant effects animator
Mabel Gesner	....	key assistant effects animator
Steve Goldberg	....	additional cgi animation
James Goss	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Gregory William Griffith	....	computer animation: "Wildebeest Stampede" (as Gregory Griffith)
Sandra Groeneveld	....	additional cgi animation (as Sandra M. Groeneveld)
John E. Hailey	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Dan Haring	....	compositor (3D version 2011)
Marcus W. Hobbs	....	additional cgi software (as Marcus Hobbs)
Elizabeth Holmes	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Kristine Humber	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Tom Hush	....	effects animator
Christopher Jenkins	....	effects animator (as Chris Jenkins)
Scott F. Johnston	....	artistic supervisor: computer graphics imagery
Michael Cadwallader Jones	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener (as Michael Cadwallader-Jones)
Kiran Bhakta Joshi	....	computer animation software: "Wildebeest Stampede"
Shannon Fallis Kane	....	compositing (as Shannon Fallis-Kane)
Ted Kierscey	....	effects animator (as Ted C. Kierscey)
Kang Tae Kim	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
Cynthia Neill Knizek	....	key assistant effects animator (as Cynthia Neill-Knizek)
Dorse A. Lanpher	....	effects animator (as Dorse Lanpher)
Dan Lund	....	assistant effects animator
Mauro Maressa	....	effects animator
MaryAnn McLeod	....	cgi coordinator (as Maryann McLeod)
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	effects animator (as Joey Mildenberger)
Stephen B. Moore	....	effects animator (as Steve Moore)
Daniel Naughton	....	compositor (3D version 2011)
Robert Neuman	....	stereoscopic supervisor (3D version 2011)
Joseph C. Pepe	....	assistant effects animator (as Joseph Christopher Pepe)
Dolores Pope	....	compositing
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	compositing assistant supervisor
Scott Santoro	....	artistic supervisor: visual effects
Steve Starr	....	key assistant effects animator
Stella P. Arbelaéz Tascón	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener (as Stella P. Arbelaez)
John David Thornton	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener (as John David Thorton)
James Tooley	....	additional cgi animation
Eusebio Torres	....	effects animator
John Tucker	....	key assistant effects animator
Mary Jane 'M.J.' Turner	....	computer animation software: "Wildebeest Stampede"
Phillip Vigil	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener (as Phil Vigil)
Dan Wanket	....	assistant effects animator (as Daniel E. Wanket)
Marlon West	....	effects animator
Tony West	....	assistant effects animator
Graham Woods	....	assistant effects animator
Garrett Wren	....	effects animator
John Emerson	....	airbrush artist (uncredited)
Gael Harlow	....	cg animation intern (uncredited)
Jay Shindell	....	effects breakdown/inbetweener (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	animation camera operator
Tina Baldwin	....	digitizing camera operator
Jo Ann Breuer	....	digitizing camera operator
Karen China	....	digitizing camera operator (as Karen N. China)
Lynnette Cullen	....	digitizing camera operator (as Lynnette E. Cullen)
Gareth Fishbaugh	....	digitizing camera operator
Kent Gordon	....	digitizing camera operator
Joe Jiuliano	....	camera manager
Michael A. McFerren	....	digitizing camera operator (as Michael McFerren)
Robyn Roberts	....	digitizing camera supervisor (as Robyn L. Roberts)
David J. Rowe	....	digitizing camera operator
Andrew Simmons	....	animation camera operator
Gary W. Smith	....	animation camera operator
Gina Wootten	....	digitizing mark-up
Michael D. Lusby	....	digitizing camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Beverly Adams	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Jo Anne Adams	....	blue sketch artist (as Joanne Tzuanos)
Sue Adnopoz	....	assistant animator: "Adult Nala"
Tim Allen	....	animator: "Pumbaa"
Kathy Altieri	....	background artist
Paulo Alvarado	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas" (as Paulo R. Alvarado)
Leyla C. Amaro Nodas	....	painter (as Leyla Amaro Pelaez)
Scott Anderson	....	supervising character lead: "Adult Nala"
Tony Anselmo	....	key assistant character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Sunny Apinchapong	....	background artist
Ruben A. Aquino	....	supervising animator: "Adult Simba" (as Ruben Aquino)
Debra Armstrong	....	supervising character lead: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Barry Atkinson	....	background artist
Kirk E. Axtell II	....	painter (as Kirk Axtell II)
Hans Bacher	....	character designer
Janet Heerhan Bae	....	breakdown artist: "Timon" and "Pumbaa"
Dale Baer	....	animator: "Adult Simba"
Chris Bailey	....	additional animator
Kathleen M. Bailey	....	character co-lead: "Scar"
Thomas Baker	....	scene planner (as Tom Baker)
Doug Ball	....	artistic supervisor: background
Tom Bancroft	....	animator: "Young Simba"
Tony Bancroft	....	supervising animator: "Pumbaa"
James Baxter	....	supervising animator: "Rafiki"
Noreen Beasley	....	breakdown artist: "Hyenas"
Brian Beauchamp	....	inbetweener: "Zazu"
Bill Berg	....	supervising character lead: "Adult Simba"
Mitchell Bernal	....	key layout/workbook artist
Rachel R. Bibb	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas"
Phyllis Bird	....	painter
Aaron Blaise	....	supervising animator: "Young Nala"
Travis Blaise	....	assistant animator: "Zazu"
Russell Blandino	....	painter
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	....	breakdown artist: "Scar"
Daniel Bond	....	inbetweener: "Adult Simba"
Elliot M. Bour	....	rough inbetweener
Rejean Bourdages	....	animator: "Hyenas"
Philip S. Boyd	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Ken Boyer	....	animator: "Hyenas"
Janet Bruce	....	animation check supervisor
Robert Bryan	....	animator: "Adult Nala" (as Bob Bryan)
Dave Burgess	....	supervising animator: "Hyenas" (as David Burgess)
Annette Byrne-Morel	....	inbetweener: "Mufasa" & "Sarabi"
Joey Calderon	....	painter
Ofra Afouta Calderon	....	painter (as Ofra Calderon)
Tim Callahan	....	layout assistant
Brooks Campbell	....	background artist
Dominic M. Carola	....	inbetweener trainee
Irma Cartaya-Torre	....	color modeler (as Irma Cartaya)
Randy Cartwright	....	animator: "Zazu"
Hortensia Casagran	....	paint/final check supervisor (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Michael Cedeno	....	animator: "Adult Simba"
Lillian A. Chapman	....	assistant animator: "Adult Nala" (as Lillian Amanda Chapman)
Moon Choi	....	inbetweener: "Timon" & "Pumbaa" (as Moon Hwan Choi)
Inna Chon	....	assistant character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Wesley Chun	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Brian Clift	....	supervising character lead: "Mufasa" & "Sarabi"
Merry Kanawyer Clingen	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Nala"
Diana Coco	....	breakdown artist: "Scar"
Karen Comella	....	color models supervisor
Lorna Cook	....	animator: "Adult Simba"
Dan Cooper	....	background artist
Robert O. Corley	....	rough inbetweener (as Rob Corley)
Jesus Cortes	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Annamarie Costa	....	scene planner
Penny Coulter	....	color modeler
Fred Craig	....	key layout/workbook artist
John Cunningham	....	scene planner
Sherrie Cuzzort	....	painter
Florida D'Ambrosio	....	painter
Dan Daly	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Margie Daniels	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" and "Pumbaa"
Anthony de Rosa	....	supervising animator: "Adult Nala" (as Anthony Derosa)
Guy Deel	....	key layout/workbook artist
Andreas Deja	....	supervising animator: "Scar"
Lou Dellarosa	....	animator: "Hyenas"
Robert Dettloff	....	painter
Jeff Dickson	....	key layout/workbook artist
Dominick R. Domingo	....	background artist
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters (as Robert Espanto Domingo)
Marcia Kimura Dougherty	....	key assistant character lead: "Zazu"
Greg Drolette	....	background artist (as Gregory Alexander Drolette)
Debbie Du Bois	....	background artist
Ken Duncan	....	additional animator
Lee Dunkman	....	assistant animator: "Zazu"
Russ Edmonds	....	supervising animator: "Sarabi"
Joe Ekers	....	animator: "Adult Simba"
Brian Ferguson	....	animator: "Timon"
Chadd Ferron	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Phyllis Fields	....	painter (as Phyllis Estelle Fields)
Cindy Finn	....	color model mark-up
Christine Lawrence Finney	....	animator: "Young Simba" (as Christine Lawrence)
Trey Finney	....	animating assistant
Wendie Fischer	....	breakdown artist: "Mufasa" and "Sarabi"
Tom Fish	....	inbetweener: "Young Nala"
Laurey Foulkes	....	breakdown artist: "Mufasa" and "Sarabi"
Gail Frank	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Doug Frankel	....	animator: "Scar"
Natalie Franscioni-Karp	....	background artist
Tony Fucile	....	supervising animator: "Mufasa"
Danny Galieote	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters (as Daniel James Galieote)
Sean Gallimore	....	inbetweener: "Adult Simba"
Matthew Garbera	....	production coordinator: animation/effects (as Matt Garbera)
Raul Garcia	....	additional animator
Paulino García	....	painter (as Paulino)
Tom Gately	....	rough inbetweener
Mike Genz	....	rough inbetweener (as Michael Genz)
Mac George	....	key assistant layout and design artist
Ed Ghertner	....	key layout/workbook artist
Jean Gillmore	....	character designer
Cynthia Goode	....	animation checking
Judy Grabenstatter	....	inbetweener: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Daniel A. Gracey	....	supervising character lead: "Young Simba"
Joe Grant	....	character designer
Troy A. Gustafson	....	animating assistant
Edward R. Gutierrez	....	assistant animator: "Timon" & "Pumbaa" (as Edward R. Guiterrez)
Carl Hall	....	breakdown artist: "Adult Nala" (as Carl Philip Hall)
Barbara Lynn Hamane	....	assistant paint supervisor
David Hancock	....	assistant animator: "Adult Simba"
Karen Hardenbergh	....	assistant animator: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Ray Harris	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Randy Haycock	....	animator: "Adult Simba"
Mike Hazy	....	assistant animator: "Scar"
Chris Hecox	....	ink and paint assistant manager
Kris Heller	....	assistant animator: "Rafiki"
Mark Henn	....	supervising animator: "Young Simba"
Karen Hepburn	....	animation checking
Leland J. Hepler	....	inbetweener trainee
Rhonda L. Hicks	....	assistant color model mark-up supervisor
Grant Hiestand	....	rough inbetweener
Leslie Hinton	....	painter
Stevie Hirsch	....	painter
Tim Hodge	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Mike Hodgson	....	character designer (as Michael Hodgson)
T. Daniel Hofstedt	....	animator: "Young Simba"
Kent Holaday	....	assistant character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Allison Hollen	....	key assistant animator: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters (as Allison Prout-Hollen)
Caroline Hu	....	assistant animator: "Adult Simba" (as Caroline K. Hu)
Karen Hudson	....	assistant paint supervisor (as Karen L. Hudson)
Janette Hulett	....	final checker
Tom Humber	....	key layout/workbook artist
Michael Humphries	....	background artist
Will Huneycutt	....	breakdown artist: "Hyenas"
Ron Husband	....	animator: "Pumbaa"
Cynthia Ignacio	....	layout assistant
Janice Inouye	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
James Young Jackson	....	animating assistant: "Young Simba" & "Young Nala"
Emily Jiuliano	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Broose Johnson	....	animator: "Young Simba"
Leonard Johnson	....	assistant animator: "Adult Simba" (as Leonard R. Johnson)
Chan Woo Jung	....	inbetweener: "Scar" (as Jung Chan Woo)
Mark Kalesniko	....	layout assistant
David Karp	....	painter
Angelika Katz	....	painter
Ernie Keen	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas" (as Ernest Keen)
Lisa Keene	....	character designer
Chang Yei Kim	....	inbetweener: "Adult Nala"
Yung Soo Kim	....	assistant animator: "Hyenas"
Kenneth M. Kinoshita	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters (as Kenneth Kinoshita)
Johan Klingler	....	assistant animator: "Scar" (as Johan Klinger)
Norma Klingler	....	breakdown artist: "Mufasa" and "Sarabi" (as Norma Rivera)
Nancy Kniep	....	supervising character lead: "Scar"
Mark Koetsier	....	animator: "Scar"
Rick Kohlschmidt	....	assistant animator: "Zazu"
Jody Kooistra	....	inbetweener: "Scar"
Barry Kooser	....	background artist (as Barry R. Kooser)
Brad Kuha	....	animator: "Mufasa"
Alex Kupershmidt	....	supervising animator: "Hyenas"
Tom LaBaff	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas" (as Tom Labaff)
Samantha Lair	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas"
Susan Lantz	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Lisa G. Lanyon	....	inbetweener trainee
Boowon Lee	....	assistant animator: "Scar"
Tracy Mark Lee	....	supervising character lead: "Young Nala"
Karan Lee-Storr	....	paint mark-up (as Karan J. Lee-Storr)
Mary Lescher	....	scene planner
Kellie D. Lewis	....	assistant character lead: "Young Simba"
Daniel Yoontaek Lim	....	inbetweener: "Adult Simba"
Russell Lingo	....	inbetweener trainee
James Lopez	....	animator: "Timon"
Steve Lubin	....	assistant animator: "Adult Simba"
Kaaren Lundeen	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Tamara Lusher	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Greg Manwaring	....	animator: "Hyenas" (as Greg S. Manwaring)
Craig R. Maras	....	rough inbetweener
Monica Marroquin	....	final checker
David Martin	....	layout assistant
Lorenzo Martinez	....	key layout/workbook artist
Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht	....	ink and paint manager
Pamela Mathues	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Michael D. Mattesi	....	inbetweener trainee
David McCamley	....	background artist
Beth Ann McCoy	....	paint mark-up (as Beth Ann McCoy-Gee)
Paul McDonald	....	rough inbetweener
Teri McDonald	....	final checker (as Teri N. McDonald)
Miriam McDonnell	....	breakdown artist: "Rafiki"
Randall McFerren	....	painter (as Randy McFerren)
Brian McKim	....	assistant animator: "Timon" & "Pumbaa" (as Brian B. McKim)
Mike McKinney	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Nala"
Harlene Mears	....	painter
Mary Measures	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Kent Melton	....	character sculptor
Mario J. Menjivar	....	inbetweener: "Young Nala"
Serge Michaels	....	background artist
Sam Michlap	....	layout assistant (as Samuel Joseph Michlap)
Jane Misek	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Albert Francis Moore	....	animation checking trainee (as Albert F. Moore)
Don Moore	....	background artist
Rick Moore	....	layout assistant
Maurilio Morales	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Jean Morel	....	animator: "Scar"
Wendy Muir	....	breakdown artist: "Adult Simba"
Sean Mullen	....	assistant animator: "Adult Simba"
Monica Murdock	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Terry Naughton	....	key assistant character lead: "Zazu"
David Nethery	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" and "Pumbaa"
Sue C. Nichols	....	character designer
Phil Noto	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas"
Victoria Novak	....	animation checking trainee (as Victoria Winner Novak)
Karen Nugent	....	painter (as Karen Lynne Nugent)
Michael O'Mara	....	key assistant layout artist
Madlyn O'Neill	....	blue sketch artist
Dan O'Sullivan	....	inbetweener: "Adult Simba" (as Daniel O'Sullivan)
Bill Ohanesian	....	painter
Eduardo Olivares	....	inbetweener: "Timon" & "Pumbaa" (as Eduardo Oliveras)
Karen S. Paat	....	animation checking
Vera Pacheco	....	artistic supervisor: clean-up (as Vera Lanpher)
Vera Pacheco	....	supervising character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters (as Vera Lanpher)
Gilda Palinginis	....	animator: "Adult Nala"
Patricia Palmer-Phillipson	....	background artist
Marsha Park	....	assistant animator: "Scar" (as Marsha W.J. Park-Yum)
Ginny Parmele	....	key assistant character lead: "Mufasa" and "Sarabi"
James Parris	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Dorothea Baker Paul	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Bruce Phillipson	....	painter
Philip Phillipson	....	background artist
Eric Pigors	....	key assistant character lead: "Hyenas"
Cheryl Polakow	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Ruben Procopio	....	artistic supervisor: clean-up, Florida
Kevin Proctor	....	inbetweener trainee
David Pruiksma	....	animator: "Pumbaa" (as Dave Pruiksma)
John Puglisi	....	layout assistant
Teresita Quezada	....	inbetweener trainee (as Teresa Quezada)
Saskia Raevouri	....	final checker
John Ramirez	....	rough inbetweener
Andrew Ramos	....	breakdown artist
David Recinos	....	breakdown artist: "Hyenas" (as Dave Recinos)
Dana M. Reemes	....	assistant character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Mary-Jean Repchuk	....	breakdown artist: "Rafiki"
John Ripa	....	animating assistant
Richard Rocha	....	inbetweener: "Zazu" (as Richard D. Rocha)
Karen Rosenfield	....	assistant character lead: additional "Young Simba"/miscellaneous characters
Maria Rosetti	....	assistant animator: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Laurie Sacks	....	blue sketch artist
Jacqueline M. Sanchez	....	rough inbetweener
Randy Sanchez	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba"
Carmen Sanderson	....	painter
Henry Sato Jr.	....	rough inbetweener
Martin Schwartz	....	breakdown artist: "Scar"
Natasha Selfridge	....	key assistant character lead: "Scar" (as Natasha Dukelski-Selfridge)
Gary Shafer	....	animation checking
Mavis Shafer	....	animation checking
Tom Shannon	....	key layout/workbook artist
Mel Shaw	....	character designer
Grace Shirado	....	assistant paint supervisor (as Grace H. Shirado)
Michael Show	....	animator: "Timon" (as Mike Show)
Debra Y. Siegel	....	color model mark-up
Sherrie H. Sinclair	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba"
Vincent Siracusano	....	assistant animator: "Hyenas"
Ric Sluiter	....	background artist (as Richard Sluiter)
Lon Smart	....	inbetweener: "Hyenas"
Bob Smith	....	character designer
Kevin M. Smith	....	breakdown artist: "Adult Simba" (as Kevin Smith)
Marc Smith	....	inbetweener trainee
Bryan M. Sommer	....	assistant character lead: "Young Simba"
Fumiko R. Sommer	....	painter
Ann Sorensen	....	color modeler
Ken Spirduso	....	layout assistant (as Kenneth Spirduso)
Dan St. Pierre	....	artistic supervisor: layout
Tony Stanley	....	inbetweener trainee
Robert E. Stanton	....	artistic supervisor: background, Florida
David Stephan	....	additional animator (as Dave Stephan)
Michael Stocker	....	inbetweener trainee
Bruce Strock	....	key assistant character lead: "Zazu"
Juliet Stroud	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" & "Pumbaa" (as Juliet Stroud Duncan)
Dave Suding	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
Susan Sugita	....	assistant animator: "Rafiki" (as Susan Y. Sugita)
S. Ann Sullivan	....	painter
Michael Surrey	....	supervising animator: "Timon"
Mike Swofford	....	animator: "Zazu" (as Michael Swofford)
Allen Tam	....	key layout/workbook artist
Dan Tanaka	....	supervising character lead: "Zazu"
Roxanne M. Taylor	....	painter
Barry Temple	....	animator: "Zazu"
Bill Thinnes	....	breakdown artist: "Zazu"
Peggy Tonkonogy	....	assistant animator: "Adult Nala"
Marshall Lee Toomey	....	supervising character lead: "Rafiki" (as Marshall Toomey)
Alex Topete	....	supervising character lead: "Hyenas"
Ann Tucker	....	scene planning supervisor
Marianne Tucker	....	character co-lead: "Scar"
Kevin Turcotte	....	background artist
Theodore Ty	....	breakdown and inbetween artist: "Young Simba" (as Theodore Anthony Lee Ty)
Britt Van der Nagel	....	painter (as Britt Vandernagel)
Irma Velez	....	paint mark-up
Helene Vives	....	key assistant character lead: "Adult Simba" (as Helene Vives-Tennesen)
Charles R. Vollmer	....	background artist (as Charles Vollmer)
Chris Wahl	....	animator: "Mufasa"
Doug Walker	....	layout assistant
Robert Walker	....	artistic supervisor: layout, Florida
Eric Walls	....	animating assistant
Elizabeth S. Watasin	....	assistant animator: "Mufasa" & "Sarabi" (as Elizabeth Watasin)
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator: "Young Simba"
Darren R. Webb	....	inbetweener trainee
Sherilan Weinhart	....	layout assistant
Donna Weir	....	scene planning assistant
Ron Westlund	....	breakdown artist: "Timon" and "Pumbaa"
Larry White	....	animator: "Hyenas"
Susan Wileman	....	painter
Barbara Wiles	....	animation checking
Alexander Williams	....	animator: "Scar" (as Alex Williams)
Tanya T. Wilson	....	key layout/workbook artist (as Tanya Wilson)
Ellen Woodbury	....	supervising animator: "Zazu"
Thomas Woodington	....	background artist
Terry Wozniak	....	key assistant character lead: "Rafiki"
Phillip Young	....	animator: "Mufasa" (as Phil Young)
Jennifer Yuan	....	key layout/workbook artist (as Jennifer Chiao-Lin Yuan)
Jane Zhao	....	inbetweener trainee
Bruce Zick	....	character designer
Stephan Zupkas	....	key assistant character lead: "Timon" & "Pumbaa"
David J. Zywicki	....	color model mark-up
Elrene Cowan	....	color stylist (uncredited)
Vance Gerry	....	character designer (uncredited)
Joe Haidar	....	character designer (uncredited)
Jason Pichon	....	(uncredited in original film inbetweener 2002 re-release for (imax)) (uncredited)
Trevor Tamboline	....	key assistant animator (uncredited)
John R. Walsh	....	supervising key assistant animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Ned Lott	....	additional casting in 'Morning Report' (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jeannine Berger	....	post-production administrator
Deborah Beville	....	assistant editor
Patsy Bouge	....	first assistant editor (as Patsy Bougé)
John Carnochan	....	supervising editor
Beth Collins-Stegmaier	....	editorial staff: Florida (as Beth Stegmaier)
Kat Connolly	....	editorial staff: Florida
Tom Finan	....	supervising editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Darren T. Holmes	....	assistant editor: presentation (as Darren Holmes)
Jacqueline Kinney	....	assistant editor
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter (as Rick MacKay)
James Melton	....	editor: animation (as Jim Melton)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Paul Bogaev	....	additional song arranger (as Paul Bogave)
Andraé Crouch	....	choir master (as Andrae Crouch)
Andraé Crouch	....	choral arranger (as Andrae Crouch)
Andraé Crouch	....	choral conductor (as Andrae Crouch)
Tonia Davall	....	vocal contractor (as Tonia Duvall)
Dominic Fidelibus	....	orchestra copyist
Bruce Fowler	....	additional song arranger
Bruce Fowler	....	additional vocal arranger
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator: score
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	choral arranger
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	choral conductor
Nico Golfar	....	music production assistance: USA
Elton John	....	composer: songs
Lebo M.	....	choral arranger
Lebo M.	....	choral conductor
Mark Mancina	....	additional vocal arranger
Ladd McIntosh	....	additional orchestrator
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	additional orchestrator (as Yvonne Moriarty)
Mbongeni Ngema	....	choir master
Mbongeni Ngema	....	choral arranger
Mbongeni Ngema	....	choral conductor
Mbongeni Ngema	....	vocal contractor
Bobbi Page	....	additional vocal arranger
Bobbi Page	....	vocal contractor
Tim Rice	....	composer: songs
Jay Rifkin	....	music mixer
Jay Rifkin	....	music recordist
Maggie Rodford	....	music production assistance: UK
Alfie Silas	....	vocal contractor
Adam Milo Smalley	....	supervising music editor
Eric Stark	....	music production assistance: South Africa
Danny Troob	....	additional song arranger
Reggie Wilson	....	orchestra contractor
Hans Zimmer	....	music supervisor
Hans Zimmer	....	original score arranger
Jeff Bennett	....	singing voice: Rowan Atkinson, "The Morning Report" (uncredited)
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Tod Cooper	....	music production supervisor (uncredited)
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	conductor: score (uncredited)
Richard Harvey	....	musician: flute and ethnic pipes (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson	....	musician: tuba solo (uncredited)
Lebo M.	....	vocal solos: African improvizations (uncredited)
Walterio Pesqueira	....	lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)
Louis Price	....	singer (uncredited)
Evan Saucedo	....	singing voice: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, "The Morning Report" (uncredited)
Steven M. Stern	....	music scoring assistant (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn (uncredited)
Tom Todoroff	....	vocal coach: Carmen Twillie (uncredited)
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello (uncredited)
Alex Wurman	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeff Alden	....	technology development and support
Catherine Alexander	....	production assistant
J.T. Allen	....	additional story material
Raul Anaya	....	technology development and support
Christine Beck	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals
Lesley Addario Bentivegna	....	production assistant (as Lesley Addario)
Antonia Bogdanovich	....	assistant: Hans Zimmer
Michael C. Bolds	....	technology development and support (as Michael Bolds)
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Carl Canga	....	production assistant
Sally Catic	....	assistant production accountant
Lawrence Chai	....	technology development and support
Brenda Chapman	....	story supervisor
Carol J. Choy	....	technology development and support
Earl Coffman	....	technology development and support
Patti Conklin	....	assistant to the producer
David Coons	....	technology development and support
Ben Croy	....	technology development and support
Michael R. Fodor	....	technology development and support
Jim Fowler	....	consultant: wildlife
Cliff Freitas	....	production assistant
Randy Fukuda	....	technology development and support
Glen Gagnon	....	production accountant: Florida
Christopher W. Gee	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals (as Christopher Gee)
Tad A. Gielow	....	technology development and support (as Tad Gielow)
Mark Gilicinski	....	technology development and support (as Mark W. Gilicinski)
Scot Greenidge	....	technology development and support
Don Gworek	....	technology development and support
Thomas Hahn	....	staff: Pixar
Bruce Hatakeyama	....	technology development and support
Cyndee Larae Heimbuch	....	production assistant
Don Henry	....	projection
Brandy Hill	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals
Shyh-Chyuan Huang	....	technology development and support
Jai Anthony Lewis Husband	....	production assistant
Dave Inglish	....	technology manager: technical facilities and hardware
Ron Jackson	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals
Bill James	....	technology development and support
Kevin E. Keech	....	technology development and support
Mark Kimball	....	technology development and support (as Mark R. Kimball)
R. Todd King	....	technology development and support
Edward Kummer	....	technology manager: computer graphics imagery
Mitchell Lamm	....	assistant: Hans Zimmer
Paul D. Lanum	....	production assistant (as Paul S.D. Lanum)
Edwin R. Leonard	....	technology development and support
Brad Lowman	....	technology development and support
Tony Matthews	....	technology development and support
Burke Mattsson	....	title designer
David J. McMillan	....	live lion and animal models by (as David McMillan)
Denise M. Mitchell	....	production assistant
Francine Mitrofan	....	production assistant
Thomas Moore Jr.	....	technology development and support
Joe Morris	....	production assistant
Jack Muleady	....	technology development and support
Peter Nye	....	staff: Pixar
Michael Kathleen O'Mara	....	production secretary
Joe Parra	....	black and white processing
Alan A. Patel	....	technology development and support
Barbara J. Poirier	....	production secretary
Marty Prager	....	technology development and support
Michael K. Purvis	....	technology development and support (as Mike Purvis)
Carlos Quinonez	....	technology development and support
Sylvia I. Sanchez	....	production assistant (as Sylvia Sanchez)
Enrique Santos	....	technology manager: Florida
Dean Schiller	....	technology manager: production computer systems
Bethann Schulke	....	production assistant
George Scribner	....	additional story material
Michael Shantzis	....	staff: Pixar (as Michael A. Shantzis)
Karen N. Sickles	....	production assistant (as Karen N. Austin)
Rochelle Doriot Smith	....	production assistant (as Rocky Smith)
Jeanie Lynd Sorenson	....	production coordinator: clean-up
John Stimson	....	technology development and support
Shelly Stocking	....	production assistant
Michael T. Sullivan	....	technology development and support (as Michael Sullivan)
Stuart Sumida	....	consultant: animal anatomy
Miguel Tejada-Flores	....	additional story material
Scott S. Terek	....	technology development and support
Warren Lee Theriot	....	technology development and support
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	technology development and support
Nicholas Toth	....	live lion and animal models: Cougar Hill Ranch (as Nick Toth)
Jenny Tripp	....	additional story material
Bob Tzudiker	....	additional story material
L.J. Van Cleave	....	production accountant
Jeffrey Lawrence Van Tuyl	....	production assistant (as Jeffrey Van Tuyl)
Christopher Vogler	....	additional story material (as Chris Vogler)
Phillip Wangenheim	....	technology development and support
Christopher Ward	....	assistant: Hans Zimmer
Chuck Warren	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals
John White	....	black and white processing
Noni White	....	additional story material
Kirk Wise	....	additional story material
David F. Wolf	....	technology manager: software engineering
Paul Yanover	....	technology manager: computer animation production software
Bob Corff	....	voice teacher (uncredited)
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect consultant (uncredited)
Joseph Kuhr	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Robert Carr-Hartley	....	special thanks
Pam Wallberg	....	special thanks
Frank Wells	....	in remembrance of: President of The Walt Disney Company, 1984-1994

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
• Walt Disney Feature Animation (uncredited)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Falcon (1994) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical) (3D)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical) (3D)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (France) (theatrical) (3-D version)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (3-D version)
• ABC Family (2012) (USA) (TV)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1995) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Gativideo (1994) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2003) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-edited)
• IMAX
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1995) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (Diamond Edition)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Diamond Edition)

Other Companies

• Angel Studios  music recorded at
• BOP Studios  music recorded at
• Buena Vista Imaging  titles
• Buena Vista Sound  re-recorded at (as Buena Vista Sound Studios)
• Cougar Hill Ranch  models: live lion and animals
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production (uncredited)
• Living Desert Wildlife and Botanical Park  special thanks
• Los Angeles Zoo  special thanks
• MCA Records  courtesy: Elton John appearance, USA and Canada
• Media Ventures  music recorded at
• Metrozoo, Miami, Florida  special thanks
• Phonogram Ltd.  soundtrack album: UK, Scandinavia, Netherlands and Germany (uncredited)
• San Diego Wild Animal Park  special thanks
• San Diego Zoo  special thanks (as The San Diego Zoo)
• The Fowler Center for Wildlife Education  special thanks
• Todd-AO Studios  music recorded at (as Todd-AO Scoring)
• Tusk Records  courtesy: Mbongeni Ngema appearance
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack
• Warner Hollywood Studios  foley
• Weddington Productions  sound effects

Also Known As:

"The Lion King 3D" - USA (3-D version)
"Lion King" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Swahili | Xhosa | Zulu

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G (No. 33108) | Greece:K | Brazil:Livre | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/6 | Taiwan:GP | New Zealand:G | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Netherlands:6 (new rating) (2011) | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG (3D Version) | Malaysia:U (2011) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:G (MTRCB)

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Besides inspirations from William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1990), the story also has elements of the Osirian family myths of Ancient Egyptian mythology. In the Osirian myths, the king (Mufasa/Osiris) is killed by his jealous brother (Scar/Seth) and the rightful heir (Simba/Horus) is sent into exile as a boy. The murdered king visits and mentors his son in ghostly visits and when the heir comes of age, he returns to exact revenge on his father's murderer.

Goofs:

Continuity: The hyenas are seen throughout the entire film with three toes on all their paws. But when the hyenas are chasing Simba, Banzai claws at him after he squeezes through a rock, and his paw has four toes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Scar:[Scar catches a mouse] Life's not fair, is it? You see, I... well, I shall never be king. And you... shall never see the light of another day. Hmm-hmm-hmm, adieu.
Zazu:Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Home Improvement: I Was a Teenage Taylor (#6.7)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Be Prepared

A living masterpiece

This is truly one of the best Disney movies ever. I really enjoyed it when I first seen it, about when I was 6, and since then I watched it over and over again. I simply LOOOOVED the music. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. And, speaking of soundtrack, I just can't tell in words how much I love the song "Can You Feel The Love Tonight". Is one of my favorite songs ever. I truly believe that this motion picture could easily be nominated for The Best Picture, but The Best Song and the Best Original Score is really enough. I wonder if they will ever think to make a prequel of this movie in order to understand who is Mufasa, Scar, Sarabi and the other characters. In short, this movie will be remembered in the next 100 years. Truly.