Valerie Faris

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Dir. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton · With Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

Dir. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton · With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris · With Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough