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.

Husband-and-wife filmmakers Jared and Jerusha Hess have a working relationship so blessedly intertwined, they even share the same Wikipedia page. So the infectious spirit with which the ...

Too many indie comedies have tried, though none have captured the pure spirit of Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess' debut feature ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

(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 Lawrence Hess (born July 18 ... and Nacho Libre (2006), which he co-wrote and directed with his wife, Jerusha Hess. (Nacho Libre was co-written with Mike White). He also produced the ...

Jared Hess, the American film-maker behind ... He and his wife and frequent collaborator, Jerusha Hess, became an overnight sensation after making Napoleon Dynamite, a cult classic that took ...

This was not always the likeliest outcome, especially as the project languished for years at Warner Bros. Director Jared Hess says it still seemed unlikely when the studio’s marketing team ditched a ...