Directed credits
14
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Jonathan Dayton
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 2All crew credits: 19
TMDB ID: 16959
IMDb ID: nm0206760
Known for: Directing
Born: July 7, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Alameda County, California
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 7.13
Wikidata: Q13644938
Frequent jobs
Director (13)Director of Photography (1)Executive Producer (3)Creator (1)Producer (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jonathan Dayton.
Director
Battle of the Sexes
2017 • Movie
Director
Ruby Sparks
2012 • Movie
Director
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 • Movie
Director
The Offspring - Complete Music Video Collection
2005 • Movie
Director
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
2004 • Movie
Director
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
2004 • Movie
Director
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003 • Movie
Director
The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection
2001 • Movie
Director of Photography
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
1997 • Movie
Director
The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
1996 • Movie
Director
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995 • Movie
Director
Shadrach
1989 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Jonathan Dayton.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jonathan Dayton.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Jonathan Dayton.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jonathan Dayton.
Director
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 • Movie
Director
Ruby Sparks
2012 • Movie
Director
Battle of the Sexes
2017 • Movie
Director
The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection
2001 • Movie
Producer
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988 • Movie
Director
Shadrach
1989 • Movie
Director
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
2004 • Movie
Janet Jackson: janet.
1994 • Movie
as Himself
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 • Movie
Director
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995 • Movie
as Self
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 • Movie
Director
The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
1996 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jonathan Dayton.
Executive Producer • 10 eps
Stick
2025 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Making the Video
1999 • Series
Executive Producer • 8 eps
Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022 • Series
Executive Producer • 8 eps
Living with Yourself
2019 • Series
Creator
Highston
2015 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jonathan Dayton.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Jonathan Dayton.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jonathan Dayton.
