Victory Tischler-Blue is an American film producer, director, writer, musician and photographer. She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...

. Tischler-Blue began working in the entertainment industry at age 17, using the name Vicki Blue in the American all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways

The Runaways

The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...

. After the demise of the band, she was cast by director Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner

Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...

 in This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap is an American 1984 rock musical mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap...

. Her film Edgeplay was based on Tischler-Blue’s tenure in the 1970s band The Runaways.

Edgeplay

In 2003 Tischler-Blue released Edgeplay: A film about The Runaways

Edgeplay: A film about The Runaways

Edgeplay: A film about The Runaways is a 2005 documentary that was produced and directed by former Runaways bassist Victory Tischler-Blue. Edgeplay chronicles the history of the all-teenage-girl rock band The Runaways, whose members included future rock stars Lita Ford and Joan Jett.Kim Fowley, the...

. It was picked up by Showtime Networks

Showtime Networks

Showtime Networks, Inc. is the corporate division of media conglomerate CBS Corporation.The company was established in 1983 as Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. after Viacom and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment merged their premium channels, Showtime and The Movie Channel respectively, into one...

 and Rob Reiner said - “I was mesmerized… This incredibly honest rock documentary film goes to 11”. A 2010 film about The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room , Zathura , In the Land of Women , The Messengers , Adventureland and The Runaways .- Early life :Stewart was born and raised in Los...

, Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning , better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web...

 and Scout Taylor-Compton

Scout Taylor-Compton

Scout Taylor-Compton is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from dramas to those in the horror genre....

 cites Tischler-Blue's Edgeplay as an inspiration for elements of the film.

Current projects

As of 2010, Tischler-Blue was the executive producer of two television programs that premiered in that year, El Guitarrista and The Rarebirds.

Tischler-Blue produced the official music video for Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro

Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor.She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.-Music:Quatro began her...

's "Strict Machine

Strict Machine

"Strict Machine" is an electronic dance song written by British group Goldfrapp and Nick Batt for their second studio album Black Cherry . It was produced by Goldfrapp and describes laboratory rats in neuroscience experiments...

", a track from her 2011 album In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight

In the Spotlight is the fifteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player Suzi Quatro.Quatro has sold 50 million records worldwide....

. This track is a cover of Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....

's "Strict Machine", but Quatro's version of the song contains two extra lines from her own number one hit "Can the Can

Can the Can

"Can the Can" was a popular single by Suzi Quatro and the name of her debut album in Australia ....

" (in order to show the similarity of the two songs' tunes).
On November 16, 2011 the official music video was released via the SUZI QUATRO OFFICIAL YouTube channel. It includes live footage from Quatro's Sept/Oct 2011 Rocks The Spotlight Tour of Australia and the extra two lines from "Can the Can".

External links

• [ Victory Tischler-Blue AllMusic]
• Victory Tischler-Blue The Runaways Sad Song Rolling Stone
• SPIN Magazine
• New York Magazine
• LA Times