#23 Screenwriter Jared Bush: Lead with Passion

JARED BUSH (Screenwriter) is responsible for helping to develop and shape character personalities and overall story for “Moana.” Bush is also co-creator, executive producer and writer for Disney XD's animated comedy adventure series "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero." He also helped develop the Oscar®-winning features "Big Hero 6" and "Frozen," and served as a screenwriter and co-director for this years hit feature “Zootopia.” Bush, who began his career as a script reader for Academy Award®-winning director Robert Zemeckis, worked as a staff writer on the series "Baby Bob," starring Adam Arkin and Elliott Gould. Bush added producing to his repertoire, serving as executive story editor and co-producer of Will Smith's series "All of Us." Bush has developed original television series for Revolution Studios, Fox and NBC, and feature film projects for New Line Cinema, Columbia/Tristar and 20th Century Fox.  A Harvard University graduate with a degree in English and American literature, Bush is an avid traveler who has visited forty countries on six continents and an accomplished trombone player who has played with several jazz bands over the years. Bush currently resides in Los Angeles with his college sweetheart, three sons and a house full of pets that includes an emperor scorpion, a ball python, a tree frog and an 80-pound pit bull. Find Jared on Twitter: @thejaredbush Basic Brainheart on Twitter: @basicbrainheart Instagram: @hannah_camacho Music courtesy of bensound.com