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