Darrell Rooney

{{Short description|Canadian animator}}

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|name = Darrell Rooney

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|occupation = Animator, storyboard artist, director

|years_active = 1978–present}}

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 (1998) and Mulan II (2004) at Disneytoon Studios. He started at Disney in 1978,{{cite book |title=Producing Animation |last=Winder |first=Catherine |author2=Zahra Dowlatabadi |year=2001 |publisher=Focal Press |isbn=0-240-80412-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/producinganimati0000wind/page/42 42] |url=https://archive.org/details/producinganimati0000wind/page/42 }} and worked as a visual effects animator on Tron (1982).

He was nominated for an Annie Award in 2001 for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production for directing Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure.[http://www.annieawards.org/nominees.html The 29th Annual Annie Awards Nominees and Winners!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621150926/http://www.annieawards.org/nominees.html |date=2003-06-21 }}, Annie Awards, September 10, 2001.