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Tristine Skyler is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 27 july 1971 at New York City (USA)
Tristine Skyler is an American writer and producer. She was born and raised in New York City, where she began her career as an actor, performing in television, in movies as well as in the theater. She is the sister of Edward Skyler, former Deputy Mayor of Operations for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the youngest in city history, who is now Executive Vice President of Global Affairs for Citigroup.
Skyler is the author of the play "The Moonlight Room", about at-risk youth in New York City, which she co-produced at the TriBeCa Playhouse in 2003 before transferring to a commercial run Off-Broadway on Theater Row. It was named one of the 'Ten Best Plays of the Year' by The New York Times and The New York Post, and has since been performed all over the country. Previously she co-wrote the feature film Getting to Know You, adapted from short stories by Joyce Carol Oates, which starred Zach Braff, Chris Noth, Heather Matarazzo and Bebe Neuwirth. It played in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, the 'Critics Week' section of the Venice Film Festivals, and received "Two Thumbs Up" from Ebert and Roeper.
In 2005, the actress Julia Stiles hired her to adapt Sylvia Plath's iconic novel The Bell Jar for the screen. She is currently the executive producer of a film adaptation of Robert Kanigel's acclaimed biography "The Man Who Knew Infinity" about the self-taught Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, whose work is considered the foundation of the digital age, starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. The film is making its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
In November 2011 it was announced that she will co-write with Scarlett Johansson, who will also direct, an adaptation of Truman Capote's lost novella Summer Crossing which was rediscovered and published in 2005.
Skyler is a founding committee member of the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, the first charity dedicated to sarcoma research. She is a member of the advisory board of WIE, a women's leadership organization and annual symposium, and has also written for the Huffington Post. She received her B.A. cum laude from Princeton University.
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Skyler is the author of the play "The Moonlight Room", about at-risk youth in New York City, which she co-produced at the TriBeCa Playhouse in 2003 before transferring to a commercial run Off-Broadway on Theater Row. It was named one of the 'Ten Best Plays of the Year' by The New York Times and The New York Post, and has since been performed all over the country. Previously she co-wrote the feature film Getting to Know You, adapted from short stories by Joyce Carol Oates, which starred Zach Braff, Chris Noth, Heather Matarazzo and Bebe Neuwirth. It played in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, the 'Critics Week' section of the Venice Film Festivals, and received "Two Thumbs Up" from Ebert and Roeper.
In 2005, the actress Julia Stiles hired her to adapt Sylvia Plath's iconic novel The Bell Jar for the screen. She is currently the executive producer of a film adaptation of Robert Kanigel's acclaimed biography "The Man Who Knew Infinity" about the self-taught Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, whose work is considered the foundation of the digital age, starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. The film is making its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
In November 2011 it was announced that she will co-write with Scarlett Johansson, who will also direct, an adaptation of Truman Capote's lost novella Summer Crossing which was rediscovered and published in 2005.
Skyler is a founding committee member of the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, the first charity dedicated to sarcoma research. She is a member of the advisory board of WIE, a women's leadership organization and annual symposium, and has also written for the Huffington Post. She received her B.A. cum laude from Princeton University.
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Chlorine (2013)
, 1h35Directed by Jay Alaimo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kyra Sedgwick, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tom Sizemore, Elisabeth Röhm, Rhys Coiro, Flora Cross
Roles Trudy
Rating45%
, 1h28Directed by Joe Berlinger
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Kimberly Ann Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, Stephen Barker Turner, Joe Berlinger
Roles Tristen Ryler
Rating40%
In November 1999, a group of young tourists—Stephen and his pregnant wife, Tristen, who are researching the Blair Witch for a book they are writing; Erica, a Wiccan; and Kim, a goth psychic—arrive in Burkittsville, Maryland, after seeing The Blair Witch Project. Jeff, a local man, is their tour guide and a paranormal investigator who says his equipment will capture any supernatural events that happen while they visit the Blair Witch site.
Intern (2000)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Lange
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes La mode
Actors Dominique Swain, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lipton, Kathy Griffin, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Urbaniak
Roles Deborah Duchet
Rating45%
The plot centers around Jocelyn Bennett (Swain), an intern at the fictional New York City magazine, Skirt. Horribly mistreated, overworked, and underpaid, Jocelyn lives for Skirt. When a spy begins to hand over Skirt's spreads and story ideas to its rival glossy, Vogue, Skirt magazine finds itself in a bind. Desperate to apprehend the spy and save the name of Skirt, Jocelyn makes it her mission. Along the way, she meets Paul Rochester (Ben Pullen), the British art director at Skirt, with whom she has much in common. When she finds herself falling in love, one thing stands in her way: Paul's supermodel girlfriend, Resin (Leilani Bishop). Resin then dumps Paul for another model, and Paul and Jocelyn get engaged.
Cadillac Man (1990)
, 1h37Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Lauren Tom, Annabella Sciorra
Roles Lisa
Rating57%
Queens car salesman Joey O'Brien (Robin Williams) must deal with the ever-increasing pressures in his life: he has an ex-wife demanding alimony, a daughter who is missing, a married mistress (Fran Drescher) and a single mistress (Lori Petty) who are both desperately in love with him, and a two-day deadline to either sell twelve cars or lose his job. In addition, he has an outstanding loan to a Mafia don which he must either quickly repay, or lose his life.
Old Enough (1984)
, 1h31Directed by Marisa Silver
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rainbow Harvest, Sarah Boyd, Danny Aiello, Alyssa Milano, Neill Barry, Roxanne Hart
Roles Sarah
Rating63%
In New York City, Karen (Rainbow Harvest) is a streetwise teen from a lower-middle-class family, who pursues a friendship with 11-year-old Lonnie (Sarah Boyd). Lonnie is from a wealthy, upper-class family who live in the area. After making friends, they expose each other to the very different lifestyles they live. In the process they learn lessons each culture has to offer. The situation becomes complicated when Karen's brother Johnny (Neill Barry) shows interest in Lonnie and Lonnie begins to develop a crush on him. Soon, a sensual new neighbor (Roxanne Hart) moves into Karen's family's apartment building and Johnny becomes slightly infatuated with her. Circumstances arise that will test Karen and Lonnie's friendship.
Kidco (1984)
, 1h44Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Scott Schwartz, Charles Hallahan, Clifton James, Vincent Schiavelli, Tristine Skyler, Margaret Blye
Roles Bette Cessna
Rating61%
A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his three sisters (two of which are older) join him in the enterprise. As their sales increase, they draw increased scrutiny from the IRS and state tax board, as well as the large scale competitor who seeks to put them out of business at any cost.
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Innocence (2014)
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Kelly Reilly, Graham Phillips, Linus Roache, Stephanie March, Sarah Sutherland, Perrey Reeves
Rating45%
Beckett (Sophie Curtis) is a beautiful young teenager that is still mourning the loss of her mother. She's moved to the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her father Miles (Linus Roache) and is set to begin school at Hamilton, an exclusive prep school. Beckett is so engrossed in her grief that she fails to notice that her school is a little stranger than most schools, as its students are prone to suicides and is full of extraordinarily beautiful female teachers. Things grow worse when the school nurse Pamela (Kelly Reilly) decides to move in with Beckett and Miles, especially since Pamela keeps instructing Beckett to remain a virgin. What Beckett doesn't know is that Pamela and the other school staff are all incarnations of Lamia, a former queen of Libya, and must kill and drink the blood of virgins to retain their immortal existence.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71%
Srinivasa Ramanujan est l'un des plus grands mathématiciens de notre temps. Élevé à Madras en Inde, il intègre la prestigieuse université de Cambridge en Angleterre pendant la Première Guerre mondiale et y développe de nombreuses théories mathématiques sous l'égide de son professeur G.H. Hardy.