Jared Bush
Jared Bush
- Date of birth
- Age
- 52
- Place of birth
- Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- screenwriter, film director, television producer, actor, animator
- Languages
- English
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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Education
- Quince Orchard High School
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2022 Encanto
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2022 Encanto
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2026 Zootopia 2
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