I’m sure there are a lot of things fans of Minecraft want to see in the game’s movie. For me, Jack Black’s performance as ...

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.

Jared Hess and ‘A Minecraft Movie’Jared Hess, director of recent box office hit “A Minecraft Movie” will help celebrate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

According to the outlet, Hess will be presented with the Visionary Award, recognising his directorial achievements across projects ranging from the indie hit 'Napoleon Dynamite' to the recent Warner ...

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 ...

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 ...

phenomenon, spawned by "A Minecraft Movie," to extremes by bringing a live chicken to the screening. The movie's director, Utah's own Jared Hess, called it "farm-boy shenanigans." ...