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Jared Hess

Jared Hess

Director · Born July 18, 1979 · Preston, Idaho, USA

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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.

Directed 17

Produced 10

Wrote 7

2000s

  1. 2009

    Gentlemen Broncos

    Writer

  2. 2006
  3. 2004
  4. 2003

    Peluca

    Writer

Acted in 6

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Unexpected Race

    Deputy

2000s

  1. 2003
  2. The R.M.

    LD3 Nerd

  3. 2002

    The Singles Ward

    DJ V'dob

Created 2

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2003

    Peluca

    Cinematography

Appearances3

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2015

    Beaver Trilogy Part IV

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2010s

  1. 2017

    Tim Timmerman: Hope of America

    Thanks