Jared Bush

Producer, writer, actor and director · Born June 12, 1974 (52) · Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Oscar winner · 2 BAFTA Awards

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.

What are Jared Bush's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

39%

Society

27%

Bonds

20%

Morality

8%

Ideas

6%

Identity4 Purpose3 Community3 Legacy3 Friendship2 Justice2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9

Light

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 5

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 0

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

7

Joyful

6

Warm

4

Thrilling

5

Tense

2

Other

5

How their films linger

Hopeful8 Feel-good8 Fun2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Happy10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jared Bush's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (9).

Disney+9 titles, browse their movies on this service

Also on these channels

The Great Courses1 title, show their title on The Great Courses

Subscription and free streaming for Jared Bush's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Clay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Executive Producer
Frozen III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Executive Producer
Hexed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Executive Producer
Lilo & Scratch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Executive Producer
Moana(2026)
Original Film Writer · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Zootopia 2(2025)
Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Jürgen Ziegenkäse / Pronk (voice)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Moana 2(2024)
Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl(2022)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Zootopia+(2022)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Encanto(2021)
Director · Screenplay · Story
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Raya and the Last Dragon(2021)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Return to Zootopia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Original Film Writer · Original Story
Moana(2016)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Zootopia(2016)
Co-Director · Screenplay · Story · as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero(2014)
Show 61 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Moana 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Writer
Zootopia 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles, 11 of them dated from 2014 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Zootopia 2 (2025)

$1.9B worldwide

Highest rated

Zootopia (2016)

Midcredits 98^th

Film career

2016Screen debut· Zootopia

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting3 of 17Directing3 of 17Writing9 of 17 · 89^thProducing11 of 17 · 77^thOther crew1 of 17

17 titles, 6 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew2020s7 · 2 acting · 7 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

an Oscar and 2 BAFTA Awards from 5 major nominations, 2022–2026.

WinNomination

2026
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Children's & Family Film
2022
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Feature Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jared Bush's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90^th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

87^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

87^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved2
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser6
Broadly Agreed1

Most divisive · writer

Moana (2026)

70^th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, writer

Zootopia (2016)

Midcredits 98^th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 59/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jared Bush's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore8 titles25–38 · median 34 · mildlighter than most films

Sex & Nudity8 titles12–26 · median 19 · mildlighter than most films

Profanity8 titles8–18 · median 12 · minimallighter than most films

Alcohol & Drugs8 titles6–24 · median 13 · minimallighter than most films

Frightening / Intense7 titles34–45 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.