Jonathan Dayton

Directing

Jonathan Dayton

Born 1957-07-07 · Alameda County, California

Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958) are a team of American music video directors, also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Little Miss Sunshine poster
7.7

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Little Miss Sunshine

2006

Ruby Sparks poster
7.1

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

Ruby Sparks

2012

Battle of the Sexes poster
6.8

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Battle of the Sexes

2017

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection poster
8.1

Released alongside The Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits CD "Rotten Apples", this video collection comes with all of the Pumpkins music videos (excluding "The End is the Beginning is the End"). It also comes with a live performance of "Geek USA" and "An Ode to No One" which is taken from their final performance at the Metro. There is also a hidden video for the never-before-released song "Untitled". All of the videos come with commentary from the band and some have out-takes and behind the scenes footage.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection

2001

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years poster
6.8

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

1988

R.E.M.: Rough Cut poster
6.5

A behind-the-scenes documentary of R.E.M. as they prepare to embark on their 1995 Monster World Tour.

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

1995

R.E.M.: Rough Cut poster
6.5

A behind-the-scenes documentary of R.E.M. as they prepare to embark on their 1995 Monster World Tour.

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

1995

No artwork available
9.0

A short film made by Volkswagon

The Check Up

2005

Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos poster
7.5

The anthology contains music videos from her first four studio albums released on Virgin Records.

Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos

2004

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 poster
8.6

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures From the Vault 1991-2002 contains every one of Weezer's music videos from that time period (including the classic Spike Jonze directed clips for "The Sweater Song," and "Buddy Holly"). Also included are never-before-released videos, live footage from the beginning of the band's career, acoustic performances, and footage of the band at work in the studio.

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

2004

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) poster
5.0

In View: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is a DVD featuring videos by the rock band R.E.M. during 1988–2003, released as a companion to the Warner Bros. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. All but two of the songs included on the audio CD made the DVD—the exceptions being "All the Right Friends" (which had no official music video) and "Animal" (the video not having been shot until early 2004.)

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

2003

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 poster
10.0

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

1996

The Offspring - Complete Music Video Collection poster
7.7

A complete video collection of all of The Offspring's music videos from 1994-2005 (with the exception of 'Million Miles Away').

The Offspring - Complete Music Video Collection

2005

Shadrach poster
NR

Music video for a Beastie Boys song. The band performs the track while their movements transform into a succession of animated paintings inspired by Impressionism and Expressionism.

Shadrach

1989

No artwork available
7.0

February 5, 1993, in front of a standing room-only-crowd at Seattle's Moore Theatre, impresario Jim Rose performs his own odd tricks - putting a screwdriver up his nose, pounding a nail into his head, and pushing his face into broken glass. He also introduces and provides a running commentary on four other sideshow performers: Mr. Lifto, who can lift and swing heavy objects from various body piercings, the Torture King, who turns himself into a human pincushion, the Enigma, who swallows worms, crickets, and swords, and Matt "The Tube" Crowley, who ingests various things into his nose, mouth, and stomach and bring them back out. The crowd goes wild.

The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow

1993