Victoria Larimore
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Victoria Larimore | |
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| Born | Victoria Ann Larimore Lorain, Ohio, US |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Spouse | Michael Taylor (divorced 1991) |
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| Website | www |
Victoria Ann Larimore (born October 5, 1956) is an American film director, television director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright. She received an Emmy nomination for her 1992 work, "Saying Kaddish." She has also produced:The Amish: Not to Be Modern (1985),[1] An Empty Bed (1990),[2] Saying Kaddish (1992),[3] and the film noir thriller, Room 32 (2002).[4][5]
Career
She co-wrote a screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye with her then husband Michael Taylor.[6]
She's gone on to produce and direct such projects as the Emmy nominated Saying Kaddish (1991), An Empty Bed (1990),[7] Room 32 (2002), and is currently serving as a script and creative consultant on many projects, including the psychological thriller, 40 Sundays,[8] directed by Geoffrey de Valois.
KARMA, a web series of her own development, is set to premier later this year.[9]
Personal life
She divorced from Michael Taylor in 1991,[10]
Filmography
Films
- Slumber Party,[11] 1983 (writer/director/producer) - selected for viewing at the New York City Anthology Film Archives
- Gloria: A Case of Alleged Police Brutality,[5] 1985 (writer) - dir. by Oren Rudavsky
- The Amish: Not to Be Modern, 1985 (director/producer)
- Bird/Bear, 1986 (co-director)[12]
- An Empty Bed, 1990 (producer)
- Saying Kaddish, 1991 (producer) - Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Directing
- Pair of Jokers, 1992 (producer)
- Room 32, 2002 (director)
Television
- Alive from Off Center, 1989 (1 episode, writer), Ile Aiye/The House of Life
- Looking East, 1991 (2 episodes, writer/director/producer)[13]
- The Hidden Realm, 2003 (writer/director/producer)
- Yue-Sai's World, 2006 (1 episode, writer/director/producer)
- Outlaugh!, 2006 (director)[6]
- The Mage, 2015 (creator)
Larimore has also worked in theater, and served as "Director in Residence" at the GuerrilLA Theatre[14] in Los Angeles, as well as premiering her self-directed play, Angel Dog, at The Producer's Club in Manhattan in 2010.
References
- ^ "The Amish: Not to be Modern (1988)"
- ^ "Movie Review: An Empty Bed"
- ^ "Saying Kaddish (1991)"
- ^ "Room 32 - Hitchcock Meets Twilight Zone"
- ^ a b "Catalog - Gloria a case of alleged police brutality". North of Boston Library Exchange.
- ^ a b "Alibris Library - Outlaugh". Alibris Library. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Larimore, Victoria. "Victoria Larimore - About This Person - Movies & TV". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help); Check date values in:|archivedate=(help) - ^ "40 Sundays (2015) - Full Cast and Crew". http://www.imdb.com. International Movie Database. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Larimore, Victoria (4 February 2015). "Bursting The Hollywood Bubble". http://www.pressacademy.com. International Press Academy. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Michael Taylor, Writer, Marries Victoria Larimore". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ^ "21st Ann Arbor Film Festival Program". http://aaff.aadl.org. Ann Arbor Film Festival. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Anderson, Jack (February 14, 1986). "DANCE: 'BIRD/BEAR' BY LEE NAGRIN". NY Times. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Looking East"
- ^ "GuerilLA Theatre - About Us"