Victoria Mahoney

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Victoria Mahoney
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Born
Victoria Mahoney
Occupation
  • Filmmaker
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Years active1990–present

Victoria Mahoney is an American actress and filmmaker. Her debut feature was 2011’s Yelling to the Sky.

Career[]

Directing career[]

Victoria Mahoney was handpicked by J.J. Abrams to direct second unit on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Marking her as the first woman to direct on a STAR WARS film in the franchise's forty year history. Mahoney is currently in talks to direct the feature film of Starks beloved Graphic Novel, Kill Them All for Paramount Pictures. Mahoney made her directing debut in 2011 with the semi-autobiographical film Yelling to the Sky. The film follows a young girl’s struggle in high school and her difficult home life. The film, starred Zoe Kravitz as a troubled teen and Jason Clarke as her father, debuted in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[1] She developed the script through the help of the Directors and Screenwriters Sundance Institute Labs and was awarded the title of Auerbach Screenwriting Fellow, Annerberg Film Fellow, Cinereach Fellow, Maryland Fellow, IFP Narrative Lab fellow and a Tribeca Film Fellow. The film was written and directed by Victoria Mahoney. The film received credit from the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Bear. Victoria was the first woman director/writer, American invited in over sixty years to the Golden Bear competition. Variety praised the film saying it had a strong directional voice and stated that Mahoney had a clear driven and genuine creative gift. Victoria entered the film into multiple film festivals across the world before releasing theatrically in late 2012.

In an interview with the Tribeca Film Institute, Mahoney reveals what she wants people to take away from her films saying, “The level of ‘take away’ exists on such a case by case basis. It all depends on what an audience member is experiencing and investigating in their own life. My overriding intentions as a filmmaker, is to tap into individual inquiries and reflect-whatever is hidden. Inspiring an audience’s need for further inquiry into whatever stories, wishes, wants, hungers, desires, questions or aches-presently propel them. From my filmmaking, I’d love audiences to receive some measure of inspiration; to investigate the human condition.”

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.[2] In the same year, she directed a short film starring Selena Gomez and Shiloh Fernandez for Flaunt.[3]

In 2021, Netflix has announced that Mahoney will take over directing duties from Gina Prince-Bythewood as director for The Old Guard sequel.[4]

Acting career[]

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s Mahoney worked as an actress appearing in 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.

Filmography[]

Film

Year Title Director Producer Writer
2011 Yelling to the Sky Yes Yes Yes
TBA The Old Guard 2 Yes No No

Short films

Year Title Director Producer
2012 Wracked Yes Yes
2013 Searching Yes No

Television

Year Title Director Producer Notes
2014 Bleach Yes No TV movie
2016 Survivor's Remorse Yes No Episode "The Photoshoot"
Queen Sugar Yes No Episode "By Any Chance"
Grey's Anatomy Yes No Episode "Falling Slowly"
2017 American Crime Yes No Season Three: Episode Three
Gypsy Yes No Episodes "Euphoria" and "Marfa"
Claws Yes No Episode "Fallout"
Power Yes No Episode "That Ain't Me"
2018 Seven Seconds Yes No Episode "Witnesses for the Prosecution"
You Yes No Episode "The Captain"
2019 I Am the Night Yes No Episode "Dark Flower" and "Matador"
The Red Line Yes Yes Episode "We Must All Care"
2020 Lovecraft Country Yes No Episode "A History of Violence"
2021 The Morning Show Yes No Episode "Confirmations"
TBA Under the Bridge Yes No TV movie

References[]

  1. ^ "Berlinale 2011: First Competition Films". Berlinale. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  2. ^ http://affinity.strutta.com/entry/1205773
  3. ^ ""Searching" Starring Selena Gomez & Shiloh Fernandez". YouTube.
  4. ^ "'The Old Guard 2': Netflix And Skydance Tap Victoria Mahoney To Direct Next Installment As Charlize Theron And KiKi Layne Close Deals To Return". Deadline. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

http://www.ioncinema.com/news/festival-predictions/2016-sundance-victoria-mahoney-chalk-rx http://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival https://tribecafilminstitute.org/blog/detail/heineken_affinity_award_profile_victoria_mahoney

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