Jared and Jerusha Hess
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| Born | Jerusha Elizabeth Demke May 12, 1980 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Jared Hess |
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| Born | Jared Lawrence Hess July 18, 1979 Preston, Idaho, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Jerusha Hess |
Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke) (born May 12, 1980, in Omaha, Nebraska) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers known for their work Napoleon Dynamite (2004) and Nacho Libre (2006), both of which they co-wrote and directed (Nacho Libre was co-written with Mike White). They also produced the video for The Postal Service's third single, "We Will Become Silhouettes."
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[edit] Biography
Jared is a graduate of Burton Elementary School located in Kaysville Utah. He attended Burton Elementary while living in Fruit Heights during his youth. He also attended Manhattan High School in Kansas for two years, before transferring to Preston High School, from which he graduated in 1997. Many scenes from Napoleon Dynamite were filmed there.
Jared and Jerusha Hess are both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have one son, Elliot, and one daughter, Greta. They currently reside in Salt Lake City, Utah.
[edit] Career
Jared met Jerusha while attending Brigham Young University's film school. She co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite with Jared, and the film was produced and edited by classmate Jeremy Coon.
Jared also wrote and directed a short film entitled Peluca. A prototype for Napoleon Dynamite, Peluca featured much of the same cast and plotline, including Jon Heder as Seth, "super nerd extraordinaire."[cite this quote]
Besides his efforts on Napoleon Dynamite and Peluca, Jared has worked as a camera assistant in a number of films and has played minor roles in a few LDS comedies. These include The Singles Ward and The R.M.
Their second movie Nacho Libre, starring Jack Black, was released on June 16, 2006.
Jared and Jerusha Hess are now in the pre-production stages of their newest film entitled Gentlemen Broncos. It is about a teenager who aspires to be a writer, but when he visits a fantasy writer convention, he finds that his idea has been stolen by an established novelist. The film will star Michael Angarano as the teenager, Jemaine Clement as the established novelist, and Sam Rockwell as the story's fictional title character who appears in book-come-to-life sequences.[1]
[edit] Filmography
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
