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

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 ...

Jared Hess, the quirky mind behind "Napoleon Dynamite" and a proud son of Utah’s indie film scene, is trading tots for ...

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

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

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

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

Glendale-born director Jared Hess is known for his debut film "Napoleon Dynamite." How he stretched his creative legs with "A ...

So what made Warner Brothers think Hess would be a good fit for A Minecraft Movie based on the popular video game? Does the ...

Director Jared Hess took on "A Minecraft Movie" and manages to create a visually great film, but too many characters keep it ...

Jared is on a really short list. When you think about ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ that felt cool and edgy and hysterical, but it was still a PG movie.” Although, Hess says Jennifer Coolidge’s ...