Jared Bush
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 "". 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. 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. He also wrote the screenplay of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana". Bush co-created the animated television series "". In 2021, Bush directed "Encanto" about a Colombian magical family alongside Howard with Charise Castro Smith as co-director. Bush also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Castro Smith.