Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
| Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris |
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| Born | July 7, 1957 (Dayton) October 20, 1958 (Faris) Alameda County, California, U.S. (Dayton) Los Angeles County, California, U.S. (Faris) |
Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American music video directors, also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine.
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[edit] Life and career
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 received international fame for their music videos for bands such as Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, and R.E.M.. They won six MTV Video Music Awards for the video "Tonight Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins. In 1998 they established a production company, "Bob Industries". Through this company the pair directed commercials for companies such as HP, Volkswagen, Sony, GAP, Target, Ikea, Apple Computer, and ESPN. They have broadened their horizons through television work ("Mr. Show") and film direction (Little Miss Sunshine). The latter won the Audience Award at the 2006 Sydney Film festival and an ovation at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
In December 2006, Variety announced that the team's next project would be a screen adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel The Abstinence Teacher for Warner Independent Pictures.[1] As of October 2007, Perrotta was writing the film's screenplay with input from Dayton and Faris.[2]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Directors
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- He Loves Me (2012)
[edit] Producers
- The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
- Gift (Jane's Addiction) (1993)
[edit] Videography
[edit] Advertisements
- Apple Computer
- BGI/iShares
- Chevy
- Diet Mountain Dew
- Energizer
- ESPN
- GAP
- HP
- HP Fender
- Ikea
- Mastercard
- Mercedes
- Miller Lite
- Mitsubishi
- Mountain Dew
- Moviefone
- NBA
- Old Navy
- Outpost.com
- PlayStation
- Powerade
- Priceline.com
- Puma
- Snapple
- Sun Microsystems
- Target
- Toyota Nascar
- Truth Behind the Curtain
- Volkswagen
[edit] Special Projects
- The Check Up (2005) - branded content short for Volkswagen of America created by Arnold Worldwide, Boston and starring Joe Pantoliano and Kevin Connolly[4]
- "Janet", Documentary - Virgin (Directors)
- REM Tour Film "Green" - C-Hundred Films (Line Producers)
- Jane's Addiction Concert Clip - Warner(Prod/Directors)
- Counting Crows Rocumentary - Geffen (Prod/Directors)
- Interview for "Sting Unplugged" - Polydor (Prod/Directors)
- Joe Satriani Documentary - G3 (Prod/Directors)
- "The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow" - In House (Prod/Directors)
- Janet Jackson's 1814:Rhythm Nation - A&M Records (Prod/Directors)
- Rough Cut (starring R.E.M.) - Documentary
[edit] Awards
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[edit] References
- ^ LaPorte, Nicole, and Pamela McClintock. "'Sunshine' duo in talks for next feature: Dayton, Faris may adapt 'Abstinence Teacher'", Variety, 2006-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^ Schwartz, Missy. "The Q&A: Tom Perrotta: His Novel Take on Suburban Life", Entertainment Weekly, 2007-10-15. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
- ^ Britney Spears, "When Your Eyes Say It", MVDBase.com
- ^ Champagne, Christine. "Arnold Worldwide, Dayton/Faris Give Volkswagen "The Check Up": Short Premieres At Sundance, Featured Attraction On Interactive DVD", Shoot, vol. 46 no. 4, 2005-02-11; mov.
[edit] External links
- Jonathan Dayton at the Internet Movie Database
- Valerie Faris at the Internet Movie Database
- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris at MVDBase.com
- Bob Industries official site
