Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (Demke, born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best known for their work on Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre and Gentlemen Broncos, all of which they co-wrote and which were directed by Jared (Nacho Libre was co-written with Mike White).