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).
Acted in 15
2000s
- 2006
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
Gertrude Atherton
1990s
- 1999
Puss in Boots
Princess (voice)
- 1997
Germans
Ruth Sonnenbruch
- 1994
Savage Land
Clara
- 1993
European Night
Crista Kelly
- 1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Network Producer (uncredited)
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Kathy Haynes
Eyes of the Beholder
Officer Anderson
- 1991
- 1990
Soultaker
Natalie McMillan
1980s
- 1989
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Supermodel Mistress
Terror Eyes
Eva Adams / Starla Floyd
- 1987
Beach Fever
Sunbathing Girl
- 1986
Wrote 3
1990s
- 1994
- 1990
Soultaker
Story, Screenplay
1980s
- 1989
Terror Eyes
Writer
Produced 2
1990s
- 1994
1980s
- 1989
Terror Eyes
Associate Producer
Appearances1
1990s
- 1992
Invasion of the Scream Queens
Self