Victoria Larimore Explained

Victoria Larimore
Birth Place:Lorain, Ohio, US
Spouse:Michael Taylor (divorced 1991)
Alma Mater:Washington University in St. Louis

Victoria Ann Larimore (born October 5, 1956) is an American film director, television director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright. A film she produced in 1992, "Saying Kaddish", received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing - Special Class. The director who was nominated is Oren Rudavsky.[1] She has also produced:The Amish: Not to Be Modern (1985),[2] An Empty Bed (1990),[3] Saying Kaddish (1992),[4] and the film noir thriller, Room 32 (2002).[5] [6]

Career

Larimore co-wrote a screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye with her then husband Michael Taylor.[7] She went on to produce the Emmy nominated Saying Kaddish (1991), An Empty Bed (1990),[8] Room 32 (2002), and has worked as a script and creative consultant on projects including the psychological thriller, 40 Sundays, directed by Geoffrey de Valois.

Larimore received the “Best Director, Comedy” award for Sawed in Half from the Noho Fringe Festival.[9] The play, which she co-wrote with Andrea Mezvinsky who was crowned “America’s Funniest Mom” on The Oprah Winfrey Show, received positive reviews and premiered at the Complex Theatre in Hollywood in May 2016.[10] It enjoyed a revival at the Acme Theatre, Noho, the following September.[11]

Personal life

She was born in Lorain, Ohio

She divorced from Michael Taylor in 1991.[12]

Filmography

Films

Television

Larimore has also worked in theater, and served as "Director in Residence" at the GuerrilLA Theatre[16] in Los Angeles, as well as premiering her self-directed play, Angel Dog, at The Producer's Club in Manhattan in 2010.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saying Kaddish (1991) - Awards - IMDb . .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307081005/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/244566/The-Amish-Not-to-be-Modern/overview "The Amish: Not to be Modern (1988)"
  3. https://www.msn.com/en-za/movies/movie/an-empty-bed/AA4Dbtd "Movie Review: An Empty Bed"
  4. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/475205/Saying-Kaddish/ "Saying Kaddish (1991)"
  5. http://www.prlog.org/12011495-room-32-hitchcock-meets-twilight-zone.html "Room 32 - Hitchcock Meets Twilight Zone"
  6. Web site: Catalog - Gloria a case of alleged police brutality. North of Boston Library Exchange. 1984 . 12236438 .
  7. Web site: Alibris Library - Outlaugh. Alibris Library. 11 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Larimore . Victoria . Victoria Larimore - About This Person - Movies & TV . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055112/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/942009/Victoria-Larimore . dead . 13 January 2015 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2016 . March 7, 2016 .
  9. The Los Angeles Beat, Website:http://thelosangelesbeat.com/2016/09/theater-review-sawed-in-half//
  10. The Toluca Times, Website:http://tolucantimes.info/theatre_review/double-your-pleasure-with-sawed-in-half-at-nohos-acme-theater//
  11. Noho Arts District, Website:http://nohoartsdistrict.com/theatres/theatre-reviews/item/4711-sawed-in-half//
  12. News: Michael Taylor, Writer, Marries Victoria Larimore . The New York Times . 5 September 1982 . 13 January 2015 .
  13. Web site: 21st Ann Arbor Film Festival Program. aaff.aadl.org. Ann Arbor Film Festival. 11 February 2015.
  14. News: Anderson. Jack. DANCE: 'BIRD/BEAR' BY LEE NAGRIN. 11 February 2015. NY Times. February 14, 1986.
  15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092503/ "Looking East"
  16. http://gueril-la.com/about-us/ "GuerilLA Theatre - About Us"

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