Jerusha Hess

Jerusha Hess

Birth : 1980-07-12, Olathe - Kansas - USA

History

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jared Lawrence Hess  (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke; born May 12, 1980) 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared and Jerusha Hess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia 

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Jerusha Hess

Movies

Ninety-Five Senses
Ninety-Five Senses
Director
A heartfelt depiction of a man facing his own mortality while reflecting on the grave mistakes of his youth.
Don Verdean
Don Verdean
Writer
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
Austenland
Austenland
Screenplay
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Austenland
Austenland
Director
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Gentlemen Broncos
Gentlemen Broncos
Executive Producer
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Gentlemen Broncos
Gentlemen Broncos
Writer
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Nacho Libre
Nacho Libre
Screenplay
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
Nacho Libre
Nacho Libre
Author
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Screenplay
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Cardboard Only
Cardboard Only
Producer
A seven-year-old Idaho farm boy struggles to escape boredom while wearing a cardboard box over his head.
On Location Napoleon Dynamite
On Location Napoleon Dynamite
Writer
A documentary of the making of the movie Napoleon Dynamite
Nicktoons
Nicktoons
Writer
Plot unknown. Nicktoons crossover movie said to have an "Avengers-style" theme.