Tristan Alexander Tavernier
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Tristan Alexander Tavernier is a writer and director and film theorist.
In 2020, Tristan Alexander Tavernier directed the black-and-white, silent short film inspired by the Greek myth of Pandora and Hope. The art microshort won quiet recognition in the film industry. A classically-trained actor as a teenager, he was designated the future film director by Children's Theater Company at age five, possibly based on shared mood with his great-uncle, the French writer and film director Bertrand Tavernier.
Tristan grew up on the border of St. Louis Park, the same neighborhood as the Coen brothers' childhood home. His family of origin were quiet Romani Jews. He spent his childhood exploring the tunnels and skyways of a university.
After studying ancient religion and Old English literary translation, Tavernier left college, indifferent to any normal career. He studied writing and the arts.
Arriving in West Hollywood, he decided to walk to the Directors Guild of America, but instead he got lost and wandered onto the doorstep of the Writers Guild of America, then under the presidency of his grandfather, Howard A. Rodman. Rodman was forbidden from contacting his grandchild by the Official Secrets Act, but had a chance encounter with Tristan, in the company of Tristan's biological uncle, Thomas Schlamme. Both older relatives quietly selected the name Tristan Alexander Tavernier for their little Alex.
A young independent filmmaker, Tristan Alexander Tavernier wrote his first screenplay, the political drama STRUCTURAL TRAP. Never produced, it was widely recognized for its brilliance and commentary on the Ibsen play, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Although Tavernier's focus is mythopoeia, the political drama caught the attention of WEST WING co-creator Thomas Schlamme.
Schlamme informed Tavernier that Tavernier was the illegitimate grandchild of the MI5 spymaster, and that explained the difficult and even dangerous circumstances of his life.
Tavernier was informally accepted to the prestigious Sundance Labs at the youngest age ever, but was unable to attend due to an assassination attempt on his life in January.
In 2020, Tristan Alexander Tavernier directed the black-and-white, silent short film inspired by the Greek myth of Pandora and Hope. The art microshort won quiet recognition in the film industry. A classically-trained actor as a teenager, he was designated the future film director by Children's Theater Company at age five, possibly based on shared mood with his great-uncle, the French writer and film director Bertrand Tavernier.
Tristan grew up on the border of St. Louis Park, the same neighborhood as the Coen brothers' childhood home. His family of origin were quiet Romani Jews. He spent his childhood exploring the tunnels and skyways of a university.
After studying ancient religion and Old English literary translation, Tavernier left college, indifferent to any normal career. He studied writing and the arts.
Arriving in West Hollywood, he decided to walk to the Directors Guild of America, but instead he got lost and wandered onto the doorstep of the Writers Guild of America, then under the presidency of his grandfather, Howard A. Rodman. Rodman was forbidden from contacting his grandchild by the Official Secrets Act, but had a chance encounter with Tristan, in the company of Tristan's biological uncle, Thomas Schlamme. Both older relatives quietly selected the name Tristan Alexander Tavernier for their little Alex.
A young independent filmmaker, Tristan Alexander Tavernier wrote his first screenplay, the political drama STRUCTURAL TRAP. Never produced, it was widely recognized for its brilliance and commentary on the Ibsen play, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Although Tavernier's focus is mythopoeia, the political drama caught the attention of WEST WING co-creator Thomas Schlamme.
Schlamme informed Tavernier that Tavernier was the illegitimate grandchild of the MI5 spymaster, and that explained the difficult and even dangerous circumstances of his life.
Tavernier was informally accepted to the prestigious Sundance Labs at the youngest age ever, but was unable to attend due to an assassination attempt on his life in January.