- Date of Birth: 07 July, 1957
- Place of Birth: October 20, 1958 ( 1958-10-20 ) (age 50) (Faris) Alameda County, California (Dayton) Los Angeles County, California (Faris)
- Biography: Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957 in Alameda County, California) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California) are a team of music video directors, also husband and wife who received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine.
Filmography
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- The Check Up (2005)
- Making the Video (1999)
News
Stiller, Witherspoon for 'Used Guys'
digitalspy.co.uk –
2009-05-05
There are some things to forgive in the first U.S. survey of work by Ethiopian artist Elias Sime, like Peter Sellars dominating Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' otherwise interesting documentary about Sime's sculpted home, or the fact that one of... ... Full Article
Hollywood Babel on
bostonphoenix.com –
2008-11-04
The Academy Awards is one of the few contests where the closeness of the race is in direct proportion to the lack of interest. Any of the five Best Picture nominees could win, but only because nobody particularly loves any... ... Full Article
All about flicks by Sean P. Means
sltrib.com –
2008-03-05
For people who use their cellphones to, you know, talk to people - as opposed to using them as an all-in-one destination for video, internet and social networking - a breakthrough project last year by the Sundance Institute probably went... ... Full Article
Spot Reviews: Film Critics Tackle TV Ads
radaronline.com –
2007-05-04
If Hollywood types are going to bank on their silver screen credentials by shooting TV commercials, shouldn't their ads be judged accordingly? In the second installment of Spot Reviews, we sic rabid movie critics on the omnipresent Gap commercial for... ... Full Article



