Encanto' and 'Zootopia' director Jared Bush has been named chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation as Jennifer Lee steps back and returns to filmmaking for 'Frozen 3' and 'Frozen 4.'

Walt Disney Animation Studios, in a significant leadership shift, named Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jared Bush on Thursday as its new chief creative officer, effective immediately.

Walt Disney Animation Studios is getting new creative leadership, as Jennifer Lee has been removed and Jared Bush installed as CCO.

Lee is stepping down as Disney's animation chief and will return exclusively to filmmaking.

Lee is writing and directing “Frozen 3” and writing “Frozen 4” with Marc Smith — the sequels to Disney Animation’s 2013 “Snow Queen”-inspired cultural hit “Frozen,” for which she served as writer/director. The movie made $1.3 billion worldwide and earned two Oscars, for best animated feature and for earworm song “Let It Go.”

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Walt Disney Animation Studios is replacing Jennifer Lee, its chief creative officer, after an uneven six-year tenure.