From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christine Jeffs (born 1963) is a New Zealand born film director known for directing the British motion picture Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig, and the American independent film Sunshine Cleaning (2009), starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Jeffs is also the director and screenwriter of the New Zealand film Rain (2001). Jeffs lives in Auckland with her partner John Toon, cinematographer of Sunshine... see more