Jared Bush

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Jared Bush
Born (1974-06-12) June 12, 1974 (age 50)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • producer
  • director
Years active1998–present
Employer Walt Disney Animation Studios (2014–present)
SpousePamela McDonald
Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Encanto (2021)

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. [1] 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 film 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 . [2] [3]

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Career

Bush was originally hired by Walt Disney Animation Studios on a "provisional eight-week contract". [4] He joined the Zootopia project early on, before it evolved from a spy film into a police procedural; he was excited to work on a spy film because both his father and grandfather had worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. [5] Several months after joining Disney, he had to personally pitch Zootopia to Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger. [4]

He went on to write the screenplays for the films Moana and its sequel Moana 2 . [4]

Bush co-created the animated television series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero . [6] In 2021, Bush directed Encanto about a Colombian magical family alongside Byron Howard with Charise Castro Smith as co-director. [7] Bush also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Castro Smith.

On September 19, 2024, Disney Animation announced that chief creative officer Jennifer Lee was stepping down from that position to direct and write Frozen 3 and to write and executive produce Frozen 4. [1] Bush was named as her successor. [1]

Filmography

Films

YearTitle Director Writer Executive
Producer 		Other Voice Note
2000 What Lies Beneath NoNoNoYesAssistant: Mr. Rapke
2014 Big Hero 6 NoNoNoYesCreative Leadership
2016 Zootopia Co-DirectorYesNoYesPronk Oryx-Antlerson
Moana NoScreenplayNoYes
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet NoNoNoYes
2019 Frozen 2 NoNoNoYes
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon NoNoYesYes
Encanto YesYesNoYes
2022 Strange World NoNoNoYes
2023 Wish NoNoNoYes
2024 Moana 2 [8] NoYesYesYes
2025 Zootopia 2 [9] YesYesNoYes
2026 Moana NoScreenplayNoNoPost-production

Television

YearTitleCreatorProducerWriterStory editorComposer
2000 DAG NoNoAssistantNoNo
2002 Baby Bob NoCo-ProducerStaffNoNo
2003Totally Outrageous BehaviorNoNoYesNoNo
2003Dumber and DumberNoNoYesNoNo
2003–04 Who Wants to Marry My Dad? NoNoYesNoNo
2003–07 All of Us NoCo-ProducerYesExecutiveNo
2014–17 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero YesExecutiveYesNoYes

Short films

YearTitle Executive
Producer 		Other Voice Notes
2022 Zootopia+ YesYesPronk Oryx-Antlerson Disney+ Original short films

Unrealized projects

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryForRecipient(s)ResultRef.
BET Comedy Awards2005Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series All of Us Jared Bush, Arthur Harris, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Lori Lakin, Jewel Wormley, Josh Wolf, Demetrius Andre Bady, Byron Hord, Ray Lancon, John Simmons, Rob Rosell, Chad Drew, Betsy BornsNominated
Seattle Film Critics Award2017Best Animated Feature Zootopia Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Rich Moore Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 21, 2016Best Animated FilmWon [11]
Annie Awards February 4, 2017 Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production Jared Bush and Phil Johnston Won [12]
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America May 20, 2017 Ray Bradbury Award Nominated [13]
Annie Awards March 12, 2022 Best Feature Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard , and Charise Castro Smith Nominated
British Academy Film Awards March 13, 2022 Best Animated Film Jared Bush, Byron Howard , Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer Won [14]
Academy Awards March 27, 2022 Best Animated FeatureWon [15]
Hugo Awards September 4, 2022 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Charise Castro Smith , Jared Bush, and Byron Howard Nominated [16]
Imagen Awards October 2, 2022Best Director – Feature FilmWon [17]
Nebula Awards May 21, 2022 Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Charise Castro Smith , Jared Bush, Byron Howard , Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse , and Lin-Manuel Miranda Nominated [18]

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