Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October
20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors who
received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut,
Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Later the married couple directed the
romantic comedy-drama Ruby Sparks (2012), and the biographical sports
drama Battle of the Sexes (2017). Their most recent directing project
is the Netflix comedy series, Living With Yourself, starring Paul
Rudd, which premiered on October 17, 2019.Dayton was born in Alameda
County, California, and grew up in Grass Valley, California. After
graduating from Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, California, he
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. They have three children together. Valerie is the daughter of
Paula Forbes, a supervising painter, and Jim Faris, a film editor.As a
pair, Dayton and Faris 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 of their videos that
found 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.
20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors who
received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut,
Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Later the married couple directed the
romantic comedy-drama Ruby Sparks (2012), and the biographical sports
drama Battle of the Sexes (2017). Their most recent directing project
is the Netflix comedy series, Living With Yourself, starring Paul
Rudd, which premiered on October 17, 2019.Dayton was born in Alameda
County, California, and grew up in Grass Valley, California. After
graduating from Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, California, he
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. They have three children together. Valerie is the daughter of
Paula Forbes, a supervising painter, and Jim Faris, a film editor.As a
pair, Dayton and Faris 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 of their videos that
found 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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