Jared Bush (born June 12, 1974) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for co-directing and co-writing the
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene fro ...
film ''
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...
'' (2016), writing the film ''
Moana'' (2016) and directing and writing and winning an
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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for the film ''
Encanto
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'' (2021) besides co-creating and executive producing the
Disney XD
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animated series ''
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero''.
Career
Bush co-wrote the script of
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that creates animated features and short films for The Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene fro ...
' ''
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...
'' and also co-directed the film along with
Byron Howard and
Rich Moore
Rich Moore is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor. He has directed the films ''Wreck-It Ralph'' (2012) and co-directed ''Zootopia'' (2016) and ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' (2018) for Walt Disney A ...
. He joined the ''Zootopia'' project early on, before it evolved from a
spy film
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into a
police procedural
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; he was excited to work on a spy film because both his father and grandfather had worked for the
Central Intelligence Agency
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.
He also wrote the screenplay of Walt Disney Animation Studios' ''
Moana''.
Bush co-created the animated television series ''
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero''. In 2021, Bush directed ''
Encanto
''Encanto'' is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Jared Bus ...
'' about a Colombian magical family alongside Howard with
Charise Castro Smith
Charise Castro Smith (born August 30, 1983) is an American playwright, actress, screenwriter, producer, and co-director.
Personal life
Castro Smith is from Miami, Florida, where she was raised in a Cuban American family. She attended Brown Un ...
as co-director.
Bush also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Castro Smith.
Filmography
Films
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
American animators
American animated film directors
American animated film producers
Animation screenwriters
American television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male screenwriters
Annie Award winners
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
1974 births
American male television writers
Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners