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Learn about the American directors and producers who made films like Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks, and Battle of the Sexes. Find out their early life, career, awards, and personal life.
Valerie Faris is a versatile and award-winning filmmaker who has directed music videos, commercials, documentaries, and feature films. She is known for Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks, and Battle of the Sexes, and is married to Jonathan Dayton.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Producer, Writer
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Valerie Faris
Valerie Faris. Director: Little Miss Sunshine. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have built an impressive body of work by perpetually seeking innovative projects in a variety of mediums. After introducing bands such as REM and The Red Hot Chili Peppers on their ground breaking MTV show The Cutting Edge, Jonathan and Valerie continued to work in music television directing music videos and ...
- October 20, 1958
Jan 29, 2021 · The directors of Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks and Battle of the Sexes share how they balance their personal and professional lives. They reveal how they collaborate, communicate and choose their projects as a married couple and parents.
- 4 min
- Tim Grierson
Sep 21, 2017 · Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris discuss a sequence from their film featuring Emma Stone and Andrea Riseborough. Twentieth Century Fox. While the movie “Battle of the Sexes” does lead up to ...
- 2 min
- Mekado Murphy
Aug 18, 2023 · The married couple talks about their Emmy-nominated work on the FX limited series, their collaboration with Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Claire Danes, and their personal and professional challenges. Watch the exclusive video interview with Gold Derby.
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Little Miss Sunshine: Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. With Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin. A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.