Victoria Mahoney
| Victoria Mahoney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Victoria Mahoney |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, screenwriter, Actress |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
Victoria Mahoney is an American filmmaker and actress best known for her debut feature Yelling to the Sky.
Career
Acting career
Throughout the 90s and early 00s Mahoney worked as an actress appearing in small roles in the TV show Seinfeld and the movie Legally Blonde.
In 1992 she starred as "Antinea" in the French film L'Atlantide, based on the French novel "Atlantida" by Pierre Benoit.
Her most recent appearance in front of the camera was a brief cameo in Ava DuVernay's short film Say Yes in 2013.
Directing career
Mahoney made her directing debut in 2011 with the semi-autobiographical film Yelling to the Sky. The film, which starred Zoe Kravitz as a troubled teen and Jason Clarke as her abusive alcoholic father, debuted in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[1] It received a limited release in theatres in December 2012.
Mahoney followed Yelling to the Sky with the short film Wracked, starring Noah Mills, in 2012. The film premiered during the Golden Egg Film Festival in May 2013.[2]
In 2013 she was nominated for the inaugural Tribeca Film Institute's Heineken Affinity Award's $20,000 prize, but lost to her friend and colleague Ava DuVernay.[3]
In late 2013 she directed a short film starring Selena Gomez and Shiloh Fernandez for Flaunt.[4]
Future Projects
As of 2012 Mahoney was working on her second feature, a film entitled Chalk Rx. The film went into development in early 2015 with a cast that included Iddo Goldberg, Shiloh Fernandez and Mirrah Foulkes.
In 2014 she announced plans to shoot Paper Tiger from a script written by Jessica Steindorff.[5]
Filmography
- Wracked (2012)
- Yelling to the Sky (2011)
References
- ↑ "Berlinale 2011: First Competition Films". Berlinale. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ↑ http://ny-offers.timeout.com/deals/052013-geff-golden-egg-festival
- ↑ http://affinity.strutta.com/entry/1205773
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzZOInRU4ng
- ↑ http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/exclusive-victoria-mahoney-talks-new-short-exhale-talk-show-taking-risks-more