Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
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| Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris |
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| Born | July 7, 1957 (Dayton) October 20, 1958 (Faris) Alameda County, California (Dayton) Los Angeles County, California (Faris) |
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| Spouse(s) | Valerie Faris (Dayton) Jonathan Dayton (Faris) |
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Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957 in Alameda County, California) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California) are an award-winning team of music video directors, also husband and wife who received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, 2006's Little Miss Sunshine.
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[edit] Overview
Jonathan Dayton, 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, 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 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]
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- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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- The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
- Gift (Jane's Addiction) (1993)
[edit] Videography
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[edit] Advertisements
- Apple Computer
- BGI/iShares
- Chevy
- Diet Mountain Dew
- Energizer
- ESPN
- GAP
- 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
- HP
[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[3]
- "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
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[edit] Quotes
- "I think of music videos as commercials for songs." Valerie Faris, The New York Times[citation needed]
[edit] Trivia
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- In the movie Little Miss Sunshine inside the convenience store, the price of Frank's slurpee and the porno magazines came to a total of $19.79. Directors Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris had previously directed the "1979" music video by The Smashing Pumpkins.
- Faris' grandfather had been an electrician on The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and Rebecca while her father was a sound editor on Tom and Jerry cartoons.
- Together, they declined an offer to direct The Mod Squad and Bad Boys II.[citation needed]
- Married with three children.
- John Dayton grew up in Grass Valley, California.[4]
[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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bauerle, Jill. "Surprise honor — Includes video clips of major nominees, slideshow featuring directors: 'Littie [sic!] Miss Sunshine' picks up four Oscar nominations", The Union (Grass Valley, CA), 2007-01-24.
