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).
16 movies
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
2006·5.4
Puss in Boots
1999·6.0
Germans
1997·6.3
Savage Land
1994·5.5
Future Shock
1994·4.0
European Night
1993·4.5
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992·3.6
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992·4.9
Eyes of the Beholder
1992·5.9
Invasion of the Scream Queens
1992·8.8
Project Eliminator
1991·3.7
Soultaker
1990·2.9
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989·4.7
Terror Eyes
1989·3.4
Beach Fever
1989·3.3
Star Slammer
1986·3.9