Profile | プロフィール

Jonathan Dayton

Born / 生年月日
January 30, 1957 | Summit, New Jersey, USA

Age / 年齢
68 years old (as of 2025)

Valerie Faris

Born / 生年月日
October 20, 1958 | Los Angeles, California, USA

Age / 年齢
66 years old (as of 2025)

Occupation / 職業
Film Directors, Music Video Directors, Commercial Directors, Producers

映画監督、ミュージックビデオ監督、コマーシャル監督、プロデューサー

Nationality / 国籍
American (アメリカ)

Relationship
Married (婚姻関係にある)

Biography | 経歴

[English] Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are the most formally accomplished and emotionally intelligent directing partnership in contemporary American popular cinema. Their unique artistry was forged through two decades of visionary music video direction (notably for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins), creating a visual intelligence that perfectly serves their transition to feature filmmaking. Their masterpiece, Little Miss Sunshine (2006), remains a pinnacle of American independent cinema; it achieved an extraordinary commercial overperformance ($100.5 million on an $8 million budget) and earned two Academy Awards (Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor). Defined by a compassionate yet unsentimental attentiveness to the dysfunctions of the modern family, their work excels in balancing multiple emotional registers within a single intimate ensemble. From the iconic “Super Freak” dance sequence to the surreal romantic conceit of Ruby Sparks (2012), Dayton and Faris demonstrate that the most formally serious popular films are made by those who truly understand how image and music can speak together to reveal genuine human truths.

[日本語] ジョナサン・デイトンとヴァレリー・ファリスは、現代アメリカ映画において、最も形式的に達成され、かつ感情的に知性溢れる協働的監督パートナーシップです。彼らの作家性は、レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズなどのミュージックビデオ制作を通じて20年以上にわたり磨き上げられた「視覚的知性」に根ざしています。

彼らの代表作『リトル・ミス・サンシャイン』（2006年）は、800万ドルの予算に対して1億ドルを超える興行収入を記録し、アカデミー賞で脚本賞と助演男優賞を受賞するなど、近年のインディペンデント映画における商業的・批評的成功の極致といえます。現代アメリカの機能不全に直面する家族を、冷笑に陥ることなく、慈愛に満ちた喜劇的視点で見つめる彼らの演出は、複数のキャラクターの感情を一つの劇的世界の中で見事に調和させています。劇中の「スーパー・フリーク」のダンスシーンは、音楽とドラマが完璧に融合した形式的達成の象徴です。また、『ルビー・スパークス』（2012年）で見せた独創的な構成力は、彼らが単なるホームコメディの枠を超え、映像と音楽を用いて真実の人間性を描き出す、極めて真剣で知的な映画作家であることを証明しています。

Filmography | 監督作品

Feature Films as Directors (監督長編作品)

Music Videos — Selected (ミュージックビデオ — 主要作品)

Commercials — Selected Clients (コマーシャル — 主要クライアント)

Extensive commercial directing career running parallel to and following the music video work; specific credits across major American and international brands.

Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴

Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)

Films directed — nominations: 🌟

• Best Picture – Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🌟 (as directors/producers)
• Best Film Editing – Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🌟

Films directed — wins in writing and acting categories: 🏆

• Best Original Screenplay – Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🏆
• Best Supporting Actor – Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🏆

Sundance Film Festival

• Little Miss Sunshine — Audience Award, U.S. Dramatic Competition (2006); the Sundance acquisition and reception as one of the defining festival moments of the decade

Independent Spirit Awards

Nominated:

• Best Director – Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🌟
• Best Feature – Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🌟

MTV Video Music Awards (MVMAs)

Winner: Multiple 🏆

• Multiple VMAs across their music video career, including awards for work with Red Hot Chili Peppers and other artists; recognized as among the most significant directors in the history of the music video format

Directors Guild of America (DGA)

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film – Little Miss Sunshine (2007) 🌟 (nominated)
• Music video directing recognition across their career

Grammy Awards

• Multiple Grammy nominations for music video direction (Best Short Form Music Video category)

Box Office Achievements | 興行成績

Career worldwide box office: Over $104 million

External Links | 外部リンク

Jonathan Dayton

• IMDb
• Wikipedia (English)

Valerie Faris

• IMDb
• Wikipedia (日本語)