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

PRESTON - Jared Hess, a native of Preston, recently directed a new mind-blowing movie, A Minecraft Movie, which has taken the ...

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

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 ...

The director seems to carry the spirit of the indie film with him — even as he takes on a blockbuster. The offbeat humor and overall character of "Napoleon Dynamite" that won Sundance over 21 years ...

Jared Hess, the quirky mind behind “Napoleon Dynamite” and a proud son of Utah’s indie film scene, is trading tots for ...

Glendale-born writer and director Jared Hess came out swinging with his first feature film, 2004's "Napoleon Dynamite," which became a cult classic. Over the years, Hess has gone on to write and ...