Many cinephiles forget that Hess and his wife, Jerusha, wrote “Napoleon Dynamite” together. The spouses co-wrote several other films that Hess directed, including “Gentlemen Broncos” in 2009.

After living a mostly low-key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004, director Jared Hess has come roaring back with A Minecraft Movie, a ...

Netflix’s “Murder Among the Mormons” co-directors Jared Hess and Tyler Measom were both young — six and 14, respectively — when a series of Salt Lake City bombings killed several high ...

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess has opened up on the "really hilarious" scene he was disappointed to leave out of the film's final cut. Ahead of the movie's April 4 release, I sat down with ...

Hess ponders ringing that elusive zeitgeist bell twice, why a Minecraft sequel is so much more plausible than Napoleon Dynamite 2 and why the movie overperformed when so many game-based films fail.

Jared Hess and Tyler Measom discuss the personal history with the 1985 Utah bombings and subsequent fallout explored in their docuseries.

Director Jared Hess attends the world premiere of ''A Minecraft Movie” in London, Britain, March 30, 2025. Photo by REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska. 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens has resigned amid ...

Jared Hess is losing sleep due to all the audience reaction videos he's seen for his latest film, A Minecraft Movie — but in a good way. The director's wife keeps having to tell him to put the phone ...

Jared Hess produced “Murder Among the Mormons" for Netflix. Tony Vainuku produced a documentary about football star Manti Te'o. Their new, joint project is an unauthorized documentary about ...

Grae Drake, now awkwardly holding a square Minecraft melon, talks to director Jared Hess and producer Torfi Frans Ólafsson about their signature scents, how important taco meat is to them, what ...

Jared Hess and Mojang’s Torfi Frans Olafsson talk about their adaptation and listening to the community. Minecraft Movie Director, Producer React to First Trailer Backlash and Tease Their ...

Jared Hess: It’s really just a collection of people, and experiences that I had growing up, and it’s not based on any particular person but a lot of who he is came from myself and mainly my ...