Director

Jerusha Hess

Writing

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 57408

IMDb ID: nm1415801

Known for: Writing

Born: July 12, 1980

Age: 45

Place of birth: Olathe, Kansas, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2001 - 2024

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 6.27

Wikidata: Q3177537

Also known as

Jerusha Elizabeth Demke

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Writer (3)Screenplay (2)Creator (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

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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