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3. Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a duo of American directors and producers for film and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M. and The Smashing Pumpkins. Together they directed the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Ruby ...
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- Film directors, music video directors
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American tragicomedy [2] road film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (in their directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, all of whom play members of ...
- $101 million
- Mychael Danna
- $8 million
Jan 29, 2021 · How Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton Have Learned to Collaborate Over 40 Years. The creative duo say that their marriage and the family they’ve raised are all part of the artistic journey they ...
Ruby Sparks is a 2012 American romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written by Zoe Kazan and directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton.It stars Paul Dano as an anxious novelist whose fictional character, Ruby Sparks, played by Kazan, comes to life, and his struggles to reconcile his idealized vision of her with her increasing independence.
- $9.1 million
- Nick Urata
- July 25, 2012
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Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have built an impressive body of work by perpetually seeking innovative projects in a variety of mediums. After introducing bands such as R.E.M. and Red Hot Chili Peppers on their ground-breaking MTV show The Cutting Edge (1992), Jonathan and Valerie continued to work in music television directing music videos and documentaries for bands such as The Smashing ...
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- Director, Producer, Writer
- Alameda County, California, USA
- Jonathan Dayton
Jul 16, 2006 · A scene from the road-trip comedy “Little Miss Sunshine,” directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. Eric Lee/Fox Searchlight Pictures. QUICK-FIRE editing. Blizzards of hyperbolic imagery ...
Biography. Jonathan Dayton (b. 1957, Alameda County, CA) and Valerie Faris (b. 1958, Los Angeles, CA) are a film and music video-directing duo. They have directed music videos for musicians such as Red Hot Chile Peppers and The Smashing Pumpkins, as well as movies including Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Battle of the Sexes (2017).
