Writer 47 years old

Jared Hess

Preston, Idaho, USA

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... Read full bio →

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A Minecraft Movie: Squared

Jared Hess 2027

The second installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

Don Verdean

Jared Hess 2015 1h 36m

Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.

Gentlemen Broncos

Jared Hess 2009 1h 29m 6.0

A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.

Nacho Libre

Jared Hess 2006 1h 32m 5.7

Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. The producers are Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, and Mike White.

Napoleon Dynamite

Jared Hess 2004 1h 35m 7.7

Napoleon Dynamite is the tale of an social outcast who meets his best friend, becomes the hero of the entire school, and gets the girl in the end.