Jared Hess didn’t know what to expect when his first feature film, a movie about a lanky, Tater Tot-loving teen, made its ...

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

As it turns out, quite a bit. With llamas, tater tots, and Idaho setting and a washed-up high school legend at its heart, “A ...

Hess, the film-maker behind the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, on his love of Minecraft, working with Jack Black and making a ...

If Jon looks familiar there’s a reason, and viewers are wondering if the actor also played Uncle Rico in 2004’s Napoleon ...

Director Jared Hess recently opened up about the post-credits scene of A Minecraft Movie. Here’s what he said!

Utah filmmaker Jared Hess, who directed "Napoleon Dynamite," takes on his first big-budget special effects movie with "A ...

First, “Minecraft” is the best-selling game in history with millions of fans that won’t be looking to pick apart the ...

Despite a string of critical and commercial flops since 'Napoleon Dynamite,' Hess was handed $150 million to direct one of the biggest video game adaptations ever. And it paid off.

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster ...

A trio of actors from “Napoleon Dynamite” will share stories about the film at a screening Nov. 8 at Packard Music Hall. Jon ...

Jared Hess' mega-budget video game adaptation works best whenever you can tell that it was made by the director of "Napoleon ...