Which director made the 1996 music video for the Smashing Pumpkins song “Tonight, Tonight”?

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris directed the 1996 music video for the Smashing Pumpkins song “Tonight, Tonight.”

The video pays tribute to early cinema through elaborate theatrical sets, painted backdrops, costumes, and effects inspired by the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. The central story follows a couple who travel through a fantastical world after boarding an airship, giving the clip the feel of a silent-era adventure film.

Dayton and Faris used forced perspective, miniature work, and period-style production design to create its dreamlike scale. The result was one of the most acclaimed alternative-rock videos of the 1990s and won several MTV Video Music Awards in 1996.

The directors later became known for feature films, including Little Miss Sunshine. Their names are sometimes confused with those of other celebrated music-video directors such as Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry, but “Tonight, Tonight” belongs to Dayton and Faris.