Valerie’s Portfolio
Creator, art enthusiast and actress based between Vienna and Madrid.
Why?
WHY writing, film and photography?
Sometimes, it takes time to put words into an order that allows them to be fully understood.
It takes a story concisely summarised into 1-3 hours, captured and fine-tuned to move.
It takes a frame to capture.
Permanence is an illusion, however writing, photography and film are the closest we might ever get to achieving it.
“Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Not necessarily in that order.”
The path
On the playground in elementary school is when I realised my passion for production and acting. While I did not perceive it as such at an early age, during play practices at age 8 I realised that there was actually a “job” for what my friends and I were doing on the playground. I was in charge of creating the narrative and assigning characters to my friends and myself, then we spent our recesses playing out the storyline.
My acting career began with linguistic courses that my mother had signed me up for when I was 6 and then led to my first experiences on stage at age 8 in elementary school. After a 3 year break from acting due to covid, transitioning schools and starting university, I auditioned for my first film in 2023, which was filmed in June 2024 and is premiering this year.
I was gifted my first camera at age 5, it was a “Kidizoom” Camera that I brought everywhere with me. This is when I recognised my passion for photography. I think it was inspired by my father who always had his camera with him, who also inspired my passion for art, as he used to have an atelier in Vienna. At age 9 I got my first phone and started using instagram at 11. From then on I have been posting actively and realised my passion for capturing places, products and people:).
I believe that beauty can be found in everything perceived and portrayed from the right perspective.
I plan to continue my creative direction and acting career and am looking forward to my first collaborative production in August of this year.