Anna Biller
Quick Facts
Biography
Anna Biller is an independent American filmmaker who was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is known for her visual style, and for her use of period genres and satire. Her background is mainly in art (her father is a visual artist, and she has a B.A. in art from U.C.L.A. and an MFA in art and film from The California Institute of the Arts). Her 2007 feature film Viva premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and won the Best of Fest Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival. The film was also entered into the main competition at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.
Reason magazine called Viva an "uncannily precise rendition of the look, sound, mood, and arch dialogue" of seventies sexploitation films, with "high-key, pseudo-Technicolor lighting and spare, colorful set design."
Her latest film, The Love Witch, is a twist on classic serial killer films, featuring a female killer who kills through calculated sexuality, causing her male victims to fall too much in love. Richard Brody of The New Yorker said of The Love Witch, "Biller puts genre to the test of do-it-yourself artistry, and puts feminist ideology itself to the test of style. The film pulsates with furious creative energy throughout, sparking excitement and giddy amazement that it even exists."In May 2016, The Love Witch was acquired for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Filmography
- 2016 The Love Witch
- 2007 Viva
- 2001 A Visit from the Incubus
- 2001 The Hypnotist
- 1998 Fairy Ballet
- 1994 Three Examples of Myself as Queen
- "Review: Anna Biller's THE LOVE WITCH - Shock Till You Drop". Shock Till You Drop. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- Staff, Variety. "Review: 'Viva'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- "Viva". AV Club. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- Dargis, Manohla (2008-05-02). "Swinging Suburbia and the Sensual City". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- "Viva (review)". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
Personal Life
Biller lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend Robert Greene.