Jared Bush

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.

Works

7.7

Zootopia 2

After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.

Release Date2025-11-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Jürgen Ziegenkäse / Pronk (voice)

Vote Count3337

7.8

Zootopia

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

Release Date2016-02-11

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Vote Count18449

Zootopia+
7.1

Zootopia+

Head back to the mammal metropolis to dive deeper into the lives of a slew of intriguing residents.

Release Date2022-11-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Episode Count6

Vote Count310

Disney Worldbuilders

We sit down with some of the key figures shaping Disney’s most enduring stories for a series of intimate conversations about their early years, first sparks, and formative Disney memories — and how the worlds they once dreamed up are now taking shape at Disney destinations around the globe.

Release Date2026-08-16

Charactersd Self

Disney Legends Award Ceremony
1.0

Disney Legends Award Ceremony

Disney Legends Awards has honored gifted animators, Imagineers, songwriters, actors, business leaders, and more for the significant impact they’ve had on the Disney legacy. This bi-aunnal event celebrates a new class and look back at their many contributions to Disney magic.

Release Date2024-08-12

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

7.1

Imagining Zootopia

Fusion spent two years with the production team of Disney's smash hit film. In 'Imagining Zootopia,' you will travel with the team to Africa to explore the animals in their natural habitat and find out how the storytellers and animators dealt with the very real themes of prejudice and bias.

Release Date2016-04-05

Charactersd Self

Vote Count12

6.1

Moana

Teenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.

Release Date2026-07-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer

Vote Count246

7.0

Moana 2

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

Release Date2024-11-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count3246

7.8

Raya and the Last Dragon

Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

Release Date2021-03-03

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count7414

7.6

Encanto

The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

Release Date2021-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10361

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
7.2

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day, he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save the world.

Release Date2014-12-05

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count5

Vote Count16

Hexed

An impulsive and unconventional teenage girl named Billie discovers secret magical abilities which, once unleashed, hurtle her into a spectacle-filled journey out of suburbia and into a vast witch realm called Hexe. Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Alice, they uncover family mysteries that could change the world of witches forever.

Release Date2026-11-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

7.6

Moana

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

Release Date2016-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count13960

Frozen III

Third installment in the Disney animated franchise. Plot TBA.

Release Date2027-11-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

7.0

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

Step into Casa Madrigal for a special concert spectacular as the original voice cast of Disney Animation's Oscar®-winning "Encanto," Stephanie Beatriz, Adassa, Carolina Gaitán, Jessica Darrow, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda and Olga Merediz, along with special guests including Colombian superstar Carlos Vives, reunites for "Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl." This unprecedented concert experience gives you a front-row seat to the musical extravaganza celebrating the global phenomenon.

Release Date2022-12-27

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count168

Zootopia 3

The third installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Lilo & Scratch

Stitch is tasked with looking after Scratch, a cat Lilo has found but Scratch has more similarities with Stitch than meets the eye.

Release Date2026-11-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Clay

When Flip is assigned to mentor a living ball of clay named Mushi, he runs away in the middle of the night, only to find that Mushi is inescapable and pure chaos. Now out in the wild, Flip must keep Mushi alive on a journey through a fantastical forest.

Release Date2028-11-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

6.5

Return to Zootopia

In Zootopia, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have spent six months as partners in the ZPD, catching criminals and being the best at what they do... but their relationship is slowly flourishing into something more than friendship. Now the duo must test trust for one another as new case starts to slowly spiral their lives out of control.

Release Date2019-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count4

Moana 3

The third installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter