Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Infobox Actor
name = Jonathan Dayton &
Valerie Faris


imagesize = 250px
caption = Dayton and Faris during the making of "Little Miss Sunshine"
birthdate = birth date and age|1957|7|7 (Dayton)
birth date and age|1958|10|20 (Faris)
location = Alameda County, California (Dayton)
Los Angeles County, California (Faris)
spouse = Valerie Faris (Dayton)
Jonathan Dayton (Faris)
children = Augusta Forbes Faris Dayton (b.1992)
James Bailey Dayton (b.1995)
Everett Alfred Dayton (b.1995)
cesarawards = Best Foreign Film
2006 "Little Miss Sunshine"
grammyawards = Best Long Form Music Video
1990 "Rhythm Nation 1814"

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, "Little Miss Sunshine".

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.LaPorte, Nicole, and Pamela McClintock. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955310.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 "'Sunshine' duo in talks for next feature: Dayton, Faris may adapt 'Abstinence Teacher'"] , "Variety", 2006-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.] As of October 2007, Perrotta was writing the film's screenplay with input from Dayton and Faris.Schwartz, Missy. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20152501,00.html "The Q&A: Tom Perrotta: His Novel Take on Suburban Life"] , Entertainment Weekly, 2007-10-15. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.]

Filmography

Directors

*"Little Miss Sunshine" (2006)

Producers

*"" (1988)
*"Gift (Jane's Addiction)" (1993)

Videography

Directors

* "Wolves Lower" R.E.M. (1982)
* "Blue Kiss (Version 2)", Jane Wiedlin 1986
* "Been Caught Stealing", Jane's Addiction (1990)
* "Outshined", Soundgarden (1991)
* "Hole Hearted", Extreme (1991)
* "More Than Words", Extreme (1991)
* "Weight Of The World", Ringo Starr (1992)
* "Pets", Porno for Pyros (1993)
* "Rocket", The Smashing Pumpkins (1994)
* "Gun", Soundgarden (1994)
* "I Don't Want To Grow Up", The Ramones (1995)
* "Tongue", R.E.M. (1995)
* "Star 69", R.E.M. (1995)
* "The Good Life", Weezer (1996)
* "Tonight, Tonight", The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
* "1979", The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
* "Spider-Man", The Ramones (1996)
* "All Around The World", Oasis (1997)
* "The End Is The Beginning Is The End", The Smashing Pumpkins (1997; co-directed with Joel Schumacher)
* "Perfect", The Smashing Pumpkins (1998)
* "She Will Have Her Way", Neil Finn (1998)
* "Go Deep", Janet Jackson (1998)
* "Barbarella", Scott Weiland (1998)
* "She's Got Issues", The Offspring (1999)
* "Freak On A Leash", KoЯn (1999; co-directed with Todd McFarlane and Graham Morris)
* "Road Trippin'", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)
* "Californication", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)
* "Otherside", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)
* "Sexual Revolution", Macy Gray (2001)
* "Side", Travis (2001)
* "When Your Eyes Say It", Britney Spears (2001)
* "The Zephyr Song", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002)
* "By The Way", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002)
* "Tell Me Baby", Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)

Executive Producers

* "Thirty-Three", The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
* "The New Pollution", Beck (1997)

Producers

* "In My Darkest Hour", Megadeth (1988)
* "Hole Hearted", Extreme (1991)
* "More Than Words", Extreme (1991)

Live Action Directors

* "Shadrach", Beastie Boys (1989)

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

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 [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; [http://www.finalcut-edit.com/jd_smyth/vw.mov mov] .]
* "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

Awards

* Directors Guild of America Award nomination for "Little Miss Sunshine" (Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures)
* BAFTA nomination for "Little Miss Sunshine" (David Lean Award for Direction)
* Independent Spirit Award for "Little Miss Sunshine" (Director)
* Best Director at Tokyo International Film Festival for "Little Miss Sunshine"
* ANDY Award for Sony PlayStation "Gravity Bomb" (Advertising Club of New York)
* Sony PlayStation "Gravity Bomb" (Clio Award)
* Sony PlayStation campaign: "Gravity Bomb / Tractor Beam" (2004 Winner Advertising Club of New York)
* Sony PlayStation campaign: "Gravity Boots, Gravity Bomb, Tractor Beam" (Clio Award)
* Director of the Year (Billboard Music Award, 2000)
* Best Direction, "Californication" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* 9 Nominations for "Freak On A Leash" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* 4 Nominations for The Smashing Pumpkins "The End Is The Beginning Is The End" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* 5 Nominations for "Californication" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* Best Short Form Video, "Freak On A Leash" (Grammy Awards)
* Nomination for Oasis "All Around the World" (Grammy Awards)
* Nomination for The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight Tonight" (Grammy Awards)
* 6 Awards for The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight Tonight" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* Best Alternative Video for The Smashing Pumpkins "1979" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* 3 Nominations for Porno for Pyros "Pets" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* Best Alternative Video for Jane's Addiction "Been Caught Stealing" (MTV Video Music Awards)
* Best Longform Video for Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation 1814" (Grammy Awards)

Quotes

*"I think of music videos as commercials for songs." Valerie Faris, "The New York Times" Fact|date=February 2007

References

External links

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* [http://www.bobcentral.com/ Bob Industries official site]