Jared Hess
Birthplace: Preston
Born: 1979-07-18
Occupations recorded in source
actor; cinematographer; director; film director; film producer; filmmaker; screenwriter
Biography from Wikipedia
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.) Jared also directed A Minecraft Movie (2025). 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".
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Pride and Prejudice (2003) — Reverend Steve Two-Trees Green
Directing
- A Minecraft Movie (2025)
- Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
- Ninety-Five Senses (2022)
- Masterminds (2016)
- Don Verdean (2015)
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Jemaine Clement · 3 films
- Jack Black · 2 films
- Sam Rockwell · 2 films
- Will Forte · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.