
Jared Hess
Director
Born: July 18, 1979 (46 years old)
Place of birth: Preston, Idaho, USA
Biography
Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke, born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers known for their work on Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre (2006) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009), all of which they co-wrote and which were directed by Jared. (Nacho Libre was co-written with Mike White.) For their film Ninety-Five Senses, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. They also produced music videos for The Postal Service's third single, "We Will Become Silhouettes", and the Killers' Christmas charity single "Boots". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared Hess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (22)
- Thelma the Unicorn (2024, ★ 6.9)
- Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015, ★ 7.4)
- Ninety-Five Senses (2022, ★ 7.4)
- The Righteous Gemstones (2019, ★ 7.4)
- The Singles Ward (2002, ★ 6)
- A Minecraft Movie (2025, ★ 6.3)
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004, ★ 6.8)
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009, ★ 5.7)
- Nacho Libre (2006, ★ 6.5)
- Peluca (2003, ★ 6.2)
- Masterminds (2016, ★ 5.8)
- Austenland (2013, ★ 6.4)
- Making History (2017, ★ 6.4)
- Murder Among the Mormons (2021, ★ 7)
- Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023, ★ 7.1)
- Son of Zorn (2016, ★ 6)
- Pride and Prejudice (2003, ★ 4.8)
- The R.M. (2003, ★ 4.9)
- Don Verdean (2015, ★ 4.9)
- Napoleon Dynamite (2012, ★ 5.7)
- The Gutter (2024, ★ 4.6)
- Tim Timmerman: Hope of America (2017, ★ 4.8)