After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 ...

Glendale-born director Jared Hess is known for his debut film "Napoleon Dynamite." How he stretched his creative legs with "A ...

Minecraft and the Oscars aren't exactly two words you'd expect to see written in the same sentence, which is what makes it ...

Hess, the film-maker behind the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, on his love of Minecraft, working with Jack Black and making a ...

Utah filmmaker Jared Hess, who directed "Napoleon Dynamite," takes on his first big-budget special effects movie with "A ...

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Could Utah get a new homegrown film festival after Sundance moves to Colorado? Utah leaders are discussing the idea, and ...

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess has said Jack Black had a "secret crush" on Jason Momoa before they started shooting ...

With “Gentlemen Broncos,” “Don Verdean,” and “Masterminds,” Hess’ early success started to seem like a fluke. That was until Jared and Jerusha Hess received an Oscar nomination for ...