Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and
Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film directors and
music video directors, also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut,
Little Miss Sunshine. Later the couple went on to direct the 2012
romantic comedy-drama
Ruby Sparks, which was also met with a positive critical consensus.