Tristan Anderson Explained

Tristan C. Anderson is a BAFTA & WEBBY award winning ^[1] documentary filmmaker and musician born, based and raised in London, England.

He has made films for the BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian, London Live. As a freelancer he was a lead creative and flagship director of documentaries on the Emmy Award winning Current TV.

He has produced or directed film which have screened at Bafta, the Houses of Parliament, Sheffield Doc Fest, Krakow Film festival, Warsaw Film festival, Open City Documentary Festival, Doc’n Roll Film festival, Encounters Film festival & London Short film festival.

Tristan is also one of the founders (with Katharine Round) of 'DocHeads',^[2] a dedicated documentary screening, networking, and funding organization that promotes the work of documentary filmmakers.

He is the creator of the term Pop Doc. An experimental new genre of music video-cum-documentary bridging the conventions of each, where song acts as score and/or documentary becomes visuals. He showcased this genre from his recent #Soundtracks project, https://www.soundtracks-project.com/ the world’s first music video documentary album consisting of 8 songs with 8 films.

Filmography

• The Three Michaels (2023) - Producer/Co-Creator - Feature documentary
• What counts as a classic? - (2022) Audible 101
• The Bat Man (2019) - New York Post
• Exodus(2017) - Krakow Film Festival *Co-Director
• A Divorce Before Marriage (2016) - Co-Producer - Feature documentary
• My F**ked Brain (2016) - Channel 4 / All 4
• What Is Art? (2016) BBC
• Faith in the Aerosol (2015) - StoryHunter
• Extreme Unicycling (2015) - Channel 4 / All 4
• His City His Story (2015) - StoryHunter
• Double Vision (2014) - Channel 4 / All 4
• Right to Run (2014) - The Guardian Online *Co-Director
• Anti-Social Worker (2014) - London Live
• Drug Stories (2014) - BBC
• Forgive or Forget (2014) - The Guardian Online
• Soft Bullets (2013) - London Short Film Festival
• Just a Few Drinks (2012) - BBC Two
• The Sound of Change (2012) - Community Channel
• Badges of Convenience (2012) Channel 4 **Co-director
• What Did I Do Last Night? : Series 1 & 2 - (2011 - 2012) - Current TV
• The Day My Face Changed (2009) - Current TV
• Why Am I Going Grey? (2009) - Current TV
• The Dark Side Of Fame (2009) - Current TV
• Sexy Girls Have It Easy (2008) - Current TV
• My Drunken Shame (2008) - Current TV
• Cocaine Nightmare (2008) - Current TV
• Free Fall: Dive of Dave (2008) - Current TV

Discography

Tristan's music has been featured on the BBC and Current TV. He continues to release music under his name Tristan C.Anderson, as well as ArtWars for electronic tracks and moon junior his 'folk/rock' alter ego.

Albums

2005 - Modern Sign Language - Moon Junior

2008 - ArtWars - ArtWars

2013 - ArtWars - Revolutions

2014 - ArtWars - Digital Church

2015 - ArtWars - Islands

2016 - ArtWars - No Hands

2018 - Tristan C Anderson - #Soundtracks

2021 - Tristan C Anderson - Heavy Meditation

2023 - Re-Focus - moon junior

Notes and References

1. Web site: Children's Learning - Secondary in 2013. BAFTA. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 22 November 2015. BAFTA.
2. http://docheads.org/?page_id=46 The Team | Docheads