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Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957 in Alameda County, California, USA) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California, USA) are an award-winning team of music video directors who have also moved into directing theatrical films. Their most recent work, "Little Miss Sunshine", won the Best feature – international cinema Audience Award at the 2006 Sydney Film festival and an ovation at the 2006 Sundance Film festival. Jonathan, after graduating from high school, attended UCLA where studied film and television in the late 1970s; While in college he met Valerie Faris, a dance student, who became his wife and his counterpart. Together they have made an impressive body of work directing and producing music videos, documentaries, commercials and films. Some of their work have come from their own production company, established in 1998, "Bob Industries". They have been known internationally for their superb work in producing music videos. Bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, R.E.M., Smashing Pumpkins, which gave them 6 MTV Video Music Awards for the video Tonight Tonight, are among the long list of bands that they worked with. Under "Bob Industries" production, Jonathan and Valerie, directed commercials for companies such as VW, Sony Playstation 2, GAP, Target, Ikea, Apple Computer, and ESPN. Even with their extensive work in music video's and film, they even have dabbled in television with their HBO show "Mr. Show with Bob & David". In terms of reality, their projects have proven to be in the hearts of many fans that not only watch them but they engage in some of the characters visually and relate to their own lives. This puts their work on highest caliber of stimulation and emotion.

Filmography

Directors

• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Producers

• The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
• Gift (Jane's Addiction) (1993)

Videography

Directors

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

Executive Producers

• "The New Pollution", Beck (1997)
• "33", The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)

Producers

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

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
• Old Navy
• Outpost.com
• Playstation
• Powerade
• Priceline.com
• Puma
• Snapple
• Sun Microsystems
• Target
• Toyota Nascar
• Truth Behind the Curtain
• Volkswagen

Special Projects

• The Check Up - Short Film for VW/Arnold
• "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 - Virgin (Prod/Directors)
• Rough Cut (starring R.E.M.) - Documentary

Awards

• 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)

Trivia

• 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.
• They met while studying at UCLA.
• Dayton was a film/television student and Faris, dance student.
• Together, declined the offer to direct Mob Squad and Bad Boys II.
• Married with three children.

External links

• Bob Industries official site
• Clipland's entry.

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