Valerie Faris
Birth Name:
Valerie Faris
Birth Place:
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Profession
Director, Producer
Fast Facts
- Won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Long Form for Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814" in 1990
- Won six MTV Video Music Awards for "Tonight Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Was nominated for a Hamburg Film Festival Art Cinema Award for "Ruby Sparks" in 2012
- Won 11 awards for "Little Miss Sunshine," including an Independent Spirit Award in 2007
- Attended UCLA as a dance student, where she met her future husband Jonathan Dayton, who was a film student
- She and her husband started out as music video directors, working with bands like Oasis, R․E․M․, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Beastie Boys
- Best known as the director of the films "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Ruby Sparks" with her husband, Jonathan Dayton
Awards
- 1990Grammy - Best Music Video, Long Form:Winner
- 2006EDA Female Focus Award - Hanging in There Award for Persistence:Nominated
- 2006EDA Award - Best Comedy by or About Women:Winner
- 2006BSFC Award - Best New Filmmaker:Nominated
- 2006British Comedy Award - Best Comedy Film:Nominated
- 2006CFCA Award - Most Promising Director:Nominated
- 2006Grand Special PrizeWinner
- 2006DFCC - Breakthrough Artist:Nominated
- 2006ICP Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2006New Generation AwardWinner
- 2006NYFCC Award - Best First Film:Nominated
- 2006NYFCO Award - Best Debut as Director:Winner
- 2006OFCC Award - Best First Film:Winner
- 2006Audience AwardWinner
- 2006Audience AwardWinner
- 2006Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
- 2006Audience AwardWinner
- 2006Best Director AwardWinner
- 2006TFCA Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2006WFCC Award - Best Movie by a Woman:Winner
- 2007Award of the Argentinean Academy - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
- 2007Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 2007David Lean Award for DirectionNominated
- 2007César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Winner
- 2007David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2007DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2007Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2007Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo):Nominated
- 2007OFTA Film Award - Best First Feature:Winner
- 2007OFCS Award - Best Breakthrough Filmmaker:Winner
- 2007Chairman's Vanguard AwardWinner
- 2008Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2012Black Pearl Award - New Horizons Competition:Nominated
- 2012Art Cinema AwardNominated
- 2012Variety Piazza Grande AwardNominated
- 2017Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris - Feature Film:Nominated
- 2018Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Nominated