Jared Hess

Jared Lawrence Hess and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess 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 were directed by Jared. Jared also directed A Minecraft Movie (2025). For their film Ninety-Five Senses, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.