Jared Bush

Jared Bush is an American filmmaker 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 company's animated films Zootopia, its upcoming sequel Zootopia 2 and Encanto, with the latter he won an Academy Award for the Best Animated Feature, and writing the screenplays for Moana, its sequel Moana 2 and the 2026 upcoming live-action remake.