Vivian Schilling

Biography

Vivian Schilling is an accomplished novelist, screenwriter, actor and filmmaker. Born and raised in Kansas, she attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles and also studied under the legendary Stella Adler before embarking upon a multifaceted career. Working both in front and behind the camera, she began writing and starring in her own films at the age of 23. With her first feature, the low-budget cult-classic Soultaker (1990), she became known for her original ideas and deft hand with complex supernatural subjects.In spite of its limited budget, the film earned Schilling the Saturn Award in 1992 alongside that year's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Known For

Germans

1997•Movie•

6.3

Future Shock

1994•Movie•

4.0

Star Slammer

1986•Movie•

3.9

Terror Eyes

1989•Movie•

3.4

Savage Land

1994•Movie•

5.5

Project Eliminator

1991•Movie•

3.7

Eyes of the Beholder

1992•Movie•

5.9

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992•Movie•

3.6

Filmography