Director Jared Hess and his wife and co-writer, Jerusha, saw their weird low-budget comedy go from its premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival to earning $44 million at the box office.

To commemorate the film’s 20th anniversary, Heder and co-stars Jon Gries (Uncle Rico) and Efren Ramirez (Pedro) have been ...

But how did this little deadpan romp, directed by Jared Hess and co-written with his wife, Jerusha, become such a sensation? At the time, when sequels to “Shrek” and “Spider-Man” were ...

1. Deb is based on Jerusha Hess. Jared Hess’s wife Jerusha co-wrote the film and based Deb on her own life. “Her mom made her a dress when she was going to a middle school dance and she said ...

After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004, director Jared Hess has come roaring back with A Minecraft Movie ...

Following their unprecedented success with Napoleon Dynamite, Jared and Jerusha Hess decided to return to the absurd with Nacho Libre. It was met with less critical success, but was still a ...

(Left to right): Jon Heder, Jared Hess, and Sandy Martin on set ... “Nacho Libre,” also written by the director and Jerusha Hess. The slapstick lucha libre adventure was divisive then, much ...

Jared Hess has always found himself attracted ... with his writing partner, Jerusha Hess, who also happens to be his wife. “We met at film school and we wrote our first feature together so ...

That's because most every character in this ill-conceived curio from the quirky minds of co-writers Jared and Jerusha Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite," "Nacho Libre") is either one or the other -- or both.