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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 film Zootopia (2016), writing the film Moana (2016) and directing and writing 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.

Jared Bush
Born	(1974-06-12) June 12, 1974 (age 48) Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, director
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Encanto Zootopia Moana Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Career

Bush co-wrote the script of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia and also co-directed the film along with Byron Howard and Rich Moore.[1][2] He joined the Zootopia project early on, before it evolved from a spy film into a police procedural; he was excited to work on a spy film because both his father and grandfather had worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.[3]

He also wrote the screenplay of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Moana.[4]

Bush co-created the animated television series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.[5] In 2021, Bush directed Encanto about a Colombian magical family alongside Howard with Charise Castro Smith as co-director.[6][7][8] Bush also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Castro Smith.[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Other	Voice Role	Note
2000	What Lies Beneath	No	No	No	Yes		Assistant: Mr. Rapke
2014	Big Hero 6	No	No	No	Yes		Creative Leadership
2016	Zootopia	Co-Director	Yes	No	Yes	Pronk Oryx-Antlerson
	Moana	No	Screenplay	No	Yes
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	No	No	No	Yes
2019	Frozen II	No	No	No	Yes
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Encanto	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022	Strange World[9]	No	No	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Creator	Producer	Writer	Story editor	Composer
2000	DAG	No	No	Assistant	No	No
2002	Baby Bob	No	Co-Producer	Staff	No	No
2003	Totally Outrageous Behavior	No	No	Yes	No	No
2003	Dumber and Dumber	No	No	Yes	No	No
2003–04	Who Wants to Marry My Dad?	No	No	Yes	No	No
2003–07	All of Us	No	Co-Producer	Yes	Executive	No
2014–17	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Yes	Executive	Yes	No	Yes
2022	Zootopia+[10]	No	Executive	No	No	No

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	For	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
BET Comedy Awards	2005	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	All of Us	Jared Bush, Arthur Harris, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Lori Lakin, Jewel Wormley, Josh Wolf, Demetrius Andre Bady, Byron Hord, Ray Lancon, John Simmons, Rob Rosell, Chad Drew, Betsy Borns	Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Award	2017	Best Animated Feature	Zootopia	Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Rich Moore	Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	December 21, 2016	Best Animated Film			Won	[11]
Annie Awards	February 4, 2017	Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production		Jared Bush and Phil Johnston	Won	[12]
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America	May 20, 2017	Ray Bradbury Award			Nominated	[13]

References

External links

• Jared Bush at IMDb
• Jared Bush on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Jared Bush

Jared Bush (* 12. Juni 1974 in Gaithersburg, Maryland) ist ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und -regisseur.

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[es] Jared Bush

Jared Bush (12 de junio de 1974) es un guionista, director y productor ocasional estadounidense. Es el creador de la serie animada de Disney XD Penn Zero: Casi Héroe. Además, es conocido por escribir y codirigir en 2021 el Clásico Disney número 60, Encanto, junto con el director Byron Howard.

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