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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared Bush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jared Bush
Zootopia
Moana
Encanto
Raya and the Last Dragon
Zootopia 2
Moana 2
Moana
Zootopia+
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (34 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Clay | Executive Producer | Movie | 2028 |
 | Frozen III | Executive Producer | Movie | 2027 |
 | Hexed | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Lilo & Scratch | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Disney Worldbuilders | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | Moana | Original Film Writer | Movie | 2026 |
| Moana | Screenplay | Movie | 2026 |
 | Zootopia 2 | Jürgen Ziegenkäse / Pronk (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
| Zootopia 2 | Writer | Movie | 2025 |
| Zootopia 2 | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| Zootopia 2 | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Moana 2 | Executive Producer | Movie | 2024 |
| Moana 2 | Screenplay | Movie | 2024 |
| Moana 2 | Story | Movie | 2024 |
 | Disney Legends Award Ceremony | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Zootopia+ | Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
| Zootopia+ | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Encanto | Story | Movie | 2021 |
| Encanto | Screenplay | Movie | 2021 |
| Encanto | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Executive Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Moana | Screenplay | Movie | 2016 |
 | Imagining Zootopia | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Zootopia | Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
| Zootopia | Screenplay | Movie | 2016 |
| Zootopia | Story | Movie | 2016 |
| Zootopia | Co-Director | Movie | 2016 |
 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Story | TV Series | 2014 |
| Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Writer | TV Series | 2014 |
| Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2014 |
| Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Creator | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Zootopia 3 | Executive Producer | Movie | — |
| Moana 3 | Writer | Movie | — |