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Valerie Faris
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Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
British Comedy Awards (1)
César Awards, France (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Grammy Awards (4)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Tokyo International Film Festival (3)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (1)
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) (5)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
Chéries-Chéris (1)
Billboard Music Awards (1)
21 wins & 27 nominations
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Winner
Silver Condor
Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Little Miss Sunshine
USA.
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2006 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best New Filmmaker
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
BAFTA Awards
2007 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
British Comedy Awards
2006 Nominee
British Comedy Award
Best Comedy Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
César Awards, France
2007 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
CFCA Award
Most Promising Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2008 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
David di Donatello Awards
2007 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Deauville Film Festival
2006 Winner
Grand Special Prize
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Directors Guild of America, USA
2007 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Shared with:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
·
Sarah Timberman
·
Carl Beverly
·
Susannah Grant
·
Jonathan Dayton
·
Diana Schmidt
·
Cindy Chupack
·
Katie DiMento
·
Anne M. Uemura
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Fleishman Is in Trouble
For "Me-Time"
Hamburg Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Grammy Awards
2000 Winner
Grammy
Best Short Form Music Video
Korn: Freak on a Leash
Shared with:
Korn
·
Todd McFarlane
·
Jonathan Dayton
·
Graham Morris
·
Bart Lipton
·
Terry Fitzgerald
1999 Nominee
Grammy
Best Short Form Music Video
Oasis: All Around the World
Shared with:
Oasis
·
Jonathan Dayton
·
Bart Lipton
·
Alan White
1997 Nominee
Grammy
Best Music Video, Short Form
The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
Shared with:
The Smashing Pumpkins
·
Jonathan Dayton
·
Bart Lipton
1990 Winner
Grammy
Best Music Video, Long Form
Rhythm Nation 1814
Shared with:
Janet Jackson
·
Dominic Sena
·
Jonathan Dayton
·
Aristides McGarry
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2007 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2007 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Locarno International Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Variety Piazza Grande Award
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Winner
New Generation Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Michael Arndt
·
Jonathan Dayton
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best First Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2007 Winner
Chairman's Vanguard Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
·
Michael Arndt
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Stockholm Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Tokyo International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Best Director Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
2006 Nominee
Tokyo Grand Prix
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Cinema for Peace Awards
2018 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Battle of the Sexes
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
2007 Nominee
Award of the Argentinean Academy
Best Foreign Film
Little Miss Sunshine
USA.
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2006 Winner
EDA Award
Best Comedy by or About Women
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
2006 Nominee
EDA Female Focus Award
Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
New York Film Critics, Online
2006 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Debut as Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
DFCC
Breakthrough Artist
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Black Pearl Award
New Horizons Competition
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Winner
OFCC Award
Best First Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Online Film & Television Association
2007 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Winner
WFCC Award
Best Movie by a Woman
Little Miss Sunshine
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
2002 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
2000 Winner
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
1999 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Korn: Freak on a Leash
Shared with:
Todd McFarlane
·
Graham Morris
·
Jonathan Dayton
1997 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
The Smashing Pumpkins: The End Is the Beginning Is the End
Shared with:
Joel Schumacher
·
Jonathan Dayton
1996 Winner
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2006 Nominee
ICP Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
3rd place.
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Chéries-Chéris
2017 Nominee
Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris
Feature Film
Battle of the Sexes
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
Billboard Music Awards
2000 Winner
Billboard Music Award
Director of the Year
Shared with:
Jonathan Dayton
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