Jared Bush | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Screenwriter, television writer, and television producer |
Years active | 1998-present |
Known for | Writing and co-directing Zootopia and co-creating Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero |
Jared Bush is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for co-directing and co-writing the Disney animated film Zootopia in 2016, as well as writing the Disney animated film Moana also of that year and co-creating and executive producing the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
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 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.