According to its director, Jared Hess, A Minecraft Movie takes inspiration from multiple Steven Spielberg classics, one of ...

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: After being in New Zealand for a juicy stretch, it’s just great to be home back, in dad mode. How old are your kids? Hess: I’ve got two in college, and then my youngest are 14 and 12.

Jared Hess' 'A Minecraft Movie' is no 'Napolean Dynamite' Hess' "A Minecraft Movie" isn't anything like "Napolean Dynamite" despite the references to his 2004 comedy hit dotted throughout.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess is well aware that his particular style of aggressively quirky humor isn’t for everyone. He’s fine with that. The 30-year-old filmmaker admits that ...

However, Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess denies he’d ever heard the name. In contrast, Costello says that can’t be the case.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Jared Hess talks to the press at the premiere of ÒDon VerdeanÓ at Eccles Theater, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.

But Jared Hess is not built that way. Late last summer, Hess’ caper comedy “Masterminds” was suddenly taken off the release calendar when the studio behind it, Relativity Media, went into ...