Valerie Faris

About

Co-director of Little Miss Sunshine and award-winning music videos by artists including The Smashing Pumpkins and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Before Fame

She co-founded the production company Bob Industries. Clients included HP, Volkswagen, Sony, GAP, ESPN, and Target.

Trivia

She won six MTV Video Music Awards for her music video for Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Family Life

She was a dance student who met her future husband and directing partner, Jonathan Dayton, at UCLA.

Associated With

She won much acclaim for her and Dayton's music video for Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication, featuring a computer-generated Anthony Kiedis.