Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
| Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 7, 1957 Alameda County, California, U.S. (Dayton) October 20, 1958 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. (Faris) |
| Occupation | Film directors, music video directors |
| Notable work | Little Miss Sunshine |
Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film directors and music video directors, also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine. Later the couple went on to direct the 2012 romantic comedy-drama Ruby Sparks, which was also met with a positive critical consensus.
Dayton was born in Alameda County, California and grew up in Grass Valley, California. After graduating from Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, California, attended the UCLA Film School, studying film and television in the late-1970s; while there, he met Valerie Faris, a dance student and native of Los Angeles County, California, who became his wife and his partner.
As a pair, they have directed and produced music videos, documentaries, commercials and films. They have directed music videos for bands such as Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, and R.E.M.. Their 1996 video for "Tonight Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins won six MTV Video Music Awards. Another video of theirs that received significant success was for the 1990 Extreme song "More Than Words".
They directed a number of sketches for the 1995-1998 HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show.
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