About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1974-06-12
Place of birth:
USA
Website:
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Jared Bush

Overview

Jared Bush (born June 12, 1974) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director who has served as the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2024. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Zootopia (2016) and its upcoming sequel Zootopia 2 (2025), writing the movie Moana (2016), its sequel Moana 2 (2024) and the 2026 upcoming live-action remake, and writing, directing, and winning an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the film Encanto(2021), besides co-creating and executive producing the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. Bush is a graduate of Harvard University.

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Known for

Acting

2016 Imagining Zootopia Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Zootopia Actor Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice) 76
Good

Directing

2025 Zootopia 2 Directing Director N/A
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2021 Encanto Directing Director 75
Good
2016 Zootopia Directing Co-Director 76
Good

Writing

2026 Moana Writing Writer N/A
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2025 Zootopia 2 Writing Writer N/A
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2024 Moana 2 Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
2024 Moana 2 Writing Story 68
Fair
2021 Encanto Writing Story 75
Good
2021 Encanto Writing Screenplay 75
Good
2016 Moana Writing Screenplay 75
Good
2016 Zootopia Writing Story 76
Good
2016 Zootopia Writing Screenplay 76
Good

Production

2027 Frozen III Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2026 Moana Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2025 Zootopia 2 Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2024 Moana 2 Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2022 Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2022 Zootopia+ Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Production Executive Producer 76
Good
2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Production Executive Producer 69
Fair