Vivian Schilling
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).
Acting
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Soultaker
as Natalie McMillan
1990
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Star Slammer
as Marni
1986
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Future Shock
as Jenny Porter
1994
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Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Network Producer (uncredited)
1992
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Terror Eyes
as Eva Adams / Starla Floyd
1989
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Eyes of the Beholder
as Officer Anderson
1992
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Beach Fever
as Sunbathing Girl
1989
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Project Eliminator
as Terry Anderson
1991
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The Legend of Wolf Mountain
as Kathy Haynes
1992
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Puss in Boots
as Princess (voice)
1999
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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
as Supermodel Mistress
1989
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Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
as Gertrude Atherton
2006
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Invasion of the Scream Queens
as Herself
1992
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Germans
as Ruth Sonnenbruch
1997
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Savage Land
as Clara
1994
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European Night
as Crista Kelly
1993