Jared Bush

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-06-12 (50 years old)

Place of Birth 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared Bush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

2026
Moana

as Writer

2025
Zootopia 2

as Writer

2024
Moana 2

as Screenplay

2024
Moana 2

as Story

2021
Encanto

as Screenplay

2021
Encanto

as Story

2016
Zootopia

as Screenplay

2016
Zootopia

as Story

2016
Moana

as Screenplay

Producer

2027
Frozen III

as Executive Producer

2026
Moana

as Executive Producer

2025
Zootopia 2

as Executive Producer

2024
Moana 2

as Executive Producer

2022
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

as Executive Producer

2022
Zootopia+

as Executive Producer

2021
Raya and the Last Dragon

as Executive Producer

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Executive Producer

Director

2025
Zootopia 2

as Director

2021
Encanto

as Director

2016
Zootopia

as Co-Director

Actor

2022
Zootopia+

as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

2016
2016
Zootopia

as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Creator