Biography
Jared Lawrence Hess and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess 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. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 2024 · nominated
Filmography22 titles
The Righteous Gemstones
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators
Murder Among the Mormons
Thelma the Unicorn
The Last Man on Earth
Napoleon Dynamite
Nacho Libre
Making History
Austenland
A Minecraft Movie
Son of Zorn
Masterminds
Gentlemen Broncos
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Insufferable Groo
The Gutter
Don Verdean
Pride and Prejudice
Tim Timmerman: Hope of America
The Unexpected Race
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story