Jared Hess

Biography

Born 00/00/1979

For first-time writer-director Jared Hess, success could not have come any easier. With his first feature film, “Napoleon Dynamite” (2004), Hess has created a near-cultural phenomenon. But depending on one’s perspective, the darling of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival either caused one to...
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Highlights

In 2006, Directed Jack Black in the comedy "Nacho Libre" about a mexican cook who hits the wrestling circuit; also co-wrote and produced
In 2004, Helmed the critically acclaimed comedy "Napoleon Dynamite"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature
In 2003, Wrote and directed the short comedy "Peluca" while still a film student at BYU; screened at the Slamdance Film Festival

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