From Idaho to Kiliminjaro
Jeremy Coon takes reins as producer and editor on Napoleon Dynamite
By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/from_idaho_to_kiliminjaro_2600/
USC, UCLA and NYU may still get most of the glory. But when it comes to producing some truly talented—and independent-minded—teams of moviemakers, BYU is giving even the top film schools a run for their money. Following in the footsteps of Neil LaBute and Aaron Eckhart, writer-director Jared Hess and producer-editor Jeremy Coon have taken their collaboration from the mountains of Park City, Utah to theaters across America with this summer’s Napoleon Dynamite.