Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

...it means you're going to have to figure this out." Jonathan Dayton, who directed Little Miss Sunshine with his wife, Valerie Faris, found Dano to be unusually intuitive and savvy. "He's very aware of clichA©s of young male actors," says...

In this article: Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine, Jonathan Dayton, Gigantic, Taking Woodstock, Oscars, Melena, Rolling Stone magazine, and Inherit the Wind

...in 1991. The DGA nominated all these woman -- save for Babs the first time -- and also recognized Randa Haines for "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) and Valerie Faris (along with Jonathan Dayton) for "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006). Till now,...

In this article: An Education, Oscar, Carey Mulligan, Nick Hornby, RSS, Facebook, Alfred Molina, Golden Globe, Jane Campion, and Sofia Coppola

...Italian online film award . ''Babel '' (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) Little Miss Sunshine (directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) The Departed (directed by Martin Scorsese) ''The Prestige '' (directed by...

In this article: Clint Eastwood, The Departed, Martin Scorsese, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Little Miss Sunshine

...grace. Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes were early acolytes; more recently, the directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ("Little Miss Sunshine") have credited Clarke as a mentor during their years as students at UCLA, where...

In this article: Shirley Clarke, Little Miss Sunshine, The Cool World, American Film Institute, UCLA, Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World, DVD, Rigor, and The Connection

...novel ''The Abstinence Teacher for Warner Independent Pictures. As of October 2007, Perrotta was writing the film's screenplay with input from Dayton and Faris. ''The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years '' (1988)

In this article: Little Miss Sunshine, MTV Video Music Awards, Tom Perrotta, The Smashing Pumpkins, California, Academy Award, Ygnacio Valley High School, and UCLA Film School

...circuit.' In 2006, Little Miss Sunshine, directed by husband-and-wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, sold at Sundance for a record $10.2m, before going on to gross nine times that amount and win two Oscars. That the film...

In this article: Sundance Institute, Robert Redford, Reservoir Dogs, Sundance Film Festival, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oscars, and Hollywood

So then, who will replace her? In my previous article I suggested Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), Sarah Polley (Away From Her), Julie Delpy (2 Days in Paris), and Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation). My friend Brad over at...

In this article: Catherine Hardwicke, New Moon, Summit Entertainment, Kimberly Peirce, Twilight, 2 Days In Paris, Niki Caro, Mira Nair, Patty Jenkins, and Sofia Coppola

...Europe to sponsor five short films for mobile viewers. They were created by, among others, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who directed the Academy Award winner "Little Miss Sunshine." Early last year, Paris held its own mobile film...

In this article: Spike Lee, Nokia, When the Levees Broke, International Herald Tribune, Academy Award, Sundance Institute, Iphone, IPod, and YouTube

...song ("You Love Me") they heard on the radio. The directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, quickly contacted the band, and soon DeVotchKa was laying down most of the hit film's soundtrack. The soundtrack was also nominated for a Grammy...

In this article: DeVotchKa, Little Miss Sunshine, A Mad & Faithful Telling, Europe, New York, Leap of faith, Civil War, and Grammy