Jared Earl Bush is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and voice actor.
In 2024, Bush became Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, replacing Jennifer Lee.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Creative Leadership |
| 2015-2017 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Co-creator/Executive Producer/Writer |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Co-director/Screenplay/Story/Creative Leadership/Voice Actor (Pronk Oryx-Antlerson) |
| Moana | Screenplay/Creative Leadership | |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Creative Leadership |
| 2019 | Frozen 2 | Creative Leadership |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Executive Producer/Studio & Creative Leadership |
| Encanto | Director/Screenplay/Story/Creative Leadership | |
| 2022 | Baymax! | Creative Leadership |
| Zootopia+ | Executive producer/Creative Leadership/Voice Actor (Pronk Oryx-Antlerson) | |
| Strange World | Creative Leadership | |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Special Thanks |
| Wish | Creative Leadership | |
| 2024 | Moana 2 | Screenplay/Story/Executive Producer/Creative Leadership |
| 2025 | Zootopia 2 | Director/Writer/Executive Producer/Studio Leadership/Voice Actor (Jürgen Ziegenkäse and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson) |
| 2026 | Moana | Screenplay |
| Hexed | Executive Producer/Studio Leadership | |
| 2027 | Frozen III | Executive Producer/Studio Leadership |
| TBA | Frozen IV | Executive Producer/Studio Leadership |
Role[]
Trivia[]
- Bush and Sarah-Nicole Robles, who provided scratch vocals for Moana and Encanto and made a vocal cameo in the latter, have been friends for 7 years.[1] He also praised her performance as Luz Noceda in The Owl House, saying on Twitter that he is "psyched to see her shine as Luz".[2]
- Bush is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios employee to work on a Disney Television Animation series during his time in WDAS.
Gallery[]
Jared Bush attending the 2011 D23 Expo.
Jared Bush at the premiere of Moana in November 2016.
Jared Bush, Clark Spencer, Yvett Mernino, and Byron Howard accepting the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for Encanto.
External links[]
Jared Bush on Wikipedia- Jared Bush on IMDb
- Jared Bush on 𝕏
