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Personal Info

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.

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Known For

Acting

2022

Zootopia+ as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

2016

Zootopia as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Writing

2026

Moana as Writer

2025

Zootopia 2 as Writer

2024

Moana 2 as Screenplay
Moana 2 as Story

2021

Encanto as Story
Encanto as Screenplay

2016

Zootopia as Screenplay
Zootopia as Story
Moana as Screenplay

Production

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
Zootopia+ as Executive Producer

2021

Raya and the Last Dragon as Executive Producer

2014

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Executive Producer

Directing

2025

Zootopia 2 as Director

2021

Encanto as Director

2016

Zootopia as Co-Director

Creator