Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
June 12, 1974 (51 years old)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Jared Bush
Biography
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 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
Writing
Zootopia 2
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2025
Moana 2
Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
2024
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Executive Producer
2022
Zootopia+
Executive Producer
2022
Encanto
Story, Screenplay, Director
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
Executive Producer
2021
Moana
Screenplay
2016
Zootopia
Screenplay, Story, Co-Director
2016
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Writer, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
2014