Jared and Jerusha Hess

Jared Hess
Jared in 2009
Born (1979-07-18) July 18, 1979 (age 45)
OccupationFilmmaker
SpouseJerusha Hess
Children4
Jerusha Hess
Jerusha in 2013
Born
Jerusha Elizabeth Demke

(1980-05-12) May 12, 1980 (age 44)
OccupationFilmmaker
SpouseJared Hess
Children4

Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke, born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best 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.[1]

They also produced music videos for The Postal Service's third single, "We Will Become Silhouettes," and the Killers Christmas charity single "Boots."

  1. ^ Johnson, Lottie Elizabeth (January 25, 2024). "'We make big, dumb comedies': 'Napoleon Dynamite' creator on 'sheer shock' of scoring first Oscar nomination". Deseret News. Retrieved January 27, 2024.