Faye Viviana

Faye Viviana is a producer, actress, and award-winning filmmaker. Her professional ballet career with American Ballet Theatre cut short by injury, she pivoted to entertainment. As a writer, her short film script RINDS was a quarterfinalist in WeScreenplay’s Short Script Lab and a Semi-Finalist in ScreenCraft’s Short Film Screenplay Competition. Her LA Stage debut as a playwright was in 2022 with Crimson Square’s world premiere of LIVE AT THE PURPLE LOUNGE, (which she contributed Scene 5) alongside 4 other female writers. As an actress, she has appeared in numerous roles on TV and many independent films, most notably for LONGMIRE (Netflix), S.W.A.T. (CBS), and DEPUTY (FOX) to name a few, and many independent films. She has directed many short films, music videos, and web series, such as How It All Began on Amazon Prime. Her first short film Grace screened in 27 festivals, was nominated 14 times and won 8 awards. She founded Crimson Square Theatre Company in 2019 and served as Executive Producer for 5 years, producing 9 shows under that banner. She also founded V3 Productions, an independent film, TV, and content creation company, where she has supported over 8 female and non-binary filmmakers in completing their first films, as well as recently completed the feature film Cahoots.

Awards and Acknowledgements

Los Angeles Film Awards – First Kiss - Best Indie Short

Indie Short Fest – First Kiss – Best Romantic Comedy Short

Best Short Film – Grace – Norwich Film Festival

Best Drama – Grace – itsFILM.com

Best ‘Shortyshort’ 2nd place – Grace – Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

Best Artistic Short – Grace – Trinity International Film Festival

Nominations

Best Short – Grace – St. Tropez International Film FestivalBest Story – Grace – St. Tropez International Film FestivalBest Experimental/Art Film – Grace - West Chester Film FestivalBest Female Filmmaker – Grace -  West Chester Film FestivalBest Short Drama – Grace – Red Dirt International Film FestivalBest Experimental/Art Film – Grace – Red Dirt International Film FestivalBest Director – Grace – Red Dirt International Film Festival