- Father of actress, Leah Allers.
- Received several International Film Festival Awards, in 2006, for his Oscar-nominated short film, The Little Matchgirl (2006).
- Nominated for a Tony award, for co-writing the book for Disney's Broadway musical, The Lion King.
- Presented his new short film The Little Matchgirl (2006) at the premiere of a revival/promotional screening of the 1989 Disney classic The Little Mermaid (1989) at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on September 7th, 2006. (September 2006)
- He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Lion King (1994).
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