What’s new
Arquicinema (2024) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Cinéphiles Cine-Files (2020) / The Lost World (1925) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2019) / Carnival of Souls (1962) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Especial de Cine Mexicano (2017) / Sintel (2010) /
Arquicinema (2024) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Cinéphiles Cine-Files (2020) / The Lost World (1925) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2019) / Carnival of Souls (1962) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Especial de Cine Mexicano (2017) / Sintel (2010) /
Cine Archive
← Back to filmography
Valerie Faris
Born
20 October 1958
Place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Directing

Valerie Faris

Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) is an American music video and film director. She and filmmaker husband Jonathan Dayton received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Later they directed the romantic comedy-drama Ruby Sparks (2012), and the biographical sports drama Battle of the Sexes (2017). Their most recent directing project is the Netflix comedy series, Living with Yourself, starring Paul Rudd.

As director

Battle of the Sexes

2017 · Director

Ruby Sparks

2012 · Director

Little Miss Sunshine

2006 · Director

The Check Up

2005 · Director

The Offspring - Complete Music Video Collection

2005 · Director

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

2004 · Director

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

2004 · Director

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

2003 · Director

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection

2001 · Director

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

1996 · Director

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

1995 · Director

The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow

1993 · Director

Shadrach

1989 · Director

As actor

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2016 · Self

Students of 'The Graduate'

2007 · Self

Students of 'The Graduate'

2007 · Herself

Janet Jackson: janet.

1994