Jerusha Hess

Date of Birth

1980-07-12

Place of Birth

Olathe, Kansas, USA

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Nacho Libre creatives to adapt Thelma the Unicorn into an animated musical

Posted 7 years ago

It's been announced that Netflix is teaming with NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and NACHO LIBRE creatives, Jared and Jarusha Hess, to adapt author Aaron Blabey's children’s novel Thelma The Unicorn into an animated musical. The mega-popular streaming network reportedly arrived as the victor of a very...

Cool Videos: Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro return for some cheesy tots

Posted 10 years ago

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 12 years since writer/director Jared Hess brought NAPOLEON DYNAMITE to audiences, thus forever cementing the characters of Napoleon and Pedro into the annals of cinema. Even THAT sounds like a weird statement to...

First trailer for cutesy comedy Austenland starring Keri Russell and Bret McKenzie

Posted 13 years ago

Director Jerusha Hess (spouse of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE director Jared Hess) debuted her light-hearted comedy AUSTENLAND at Sundance earlier this year and today we have a trailer for the offbeat romcom. The pic stars Keri Russell as a Jane Austen obsessed...

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Check out two clips from Austenland, directed by Napoleon Dynamite’s Jerusha Hess and starring Keri Russell

Posted 13 years ago

AUSTENLAND, the new comedy from Jerusha Hess, the co-writer of hubby Jared Hess‘ pics NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, NACHO LIBRE, and GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, just debuted at Sundance and was picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide for release and distribution (you can read...

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