Darrell Rooney is a Canadian animator, storyboard artist, and director for The Walt Disney Company, best known for directing The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Mulan II at Disneytoon Studios. He started at Disney in 1978, and worked as a visual effects animator on Tron.
Biography from TMDB.
- Canada
- Writer and director
- 24 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Darrell Rooney's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Darrell Rooney's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Darrell Rooney's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Ray Gunn(2026)
Leo(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Star(2017)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania(2016)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Curious George(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Mulan II(2004)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Cats Don't Dance(1997)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsThree Little Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Goofy Movie(1995)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Forest(1993)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Aladdin(1992)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Cathy's Last Resort(1988)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
The Brave Little Toaster(1987)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Tron(1982)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Animalympics(1980)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 1980 to 2023.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Darrell Rooney's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of the 20 of 21 with a score; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Darrell Rooney's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Darrell Rooney work with?
People who share at least 2 of Darrell Rooney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jenny Wingfield shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Jenny WingfieldShared titles: Mulan II (2004), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Jenny Wingfield
- Bill MotzShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Motz
- Bob RothShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Roth
- Cindy MarcusShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Cindy Marcus
Actors
- Frank WelkerShared titles: Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009), Aladdin (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Welker
- Jeff BennettShared titles: Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009), Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Bennett
Producers
- Jeannine RousselShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Jeannine Roussel