Jerusha Hess

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

• ◦ 2024 Best Animated Short Film Nominated Ninety-Five Senses

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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.