Tristine Skyler

Tristine Skyler
Born	July 27, 1971 New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University
Occupation	Writer, producer, actress

Tristine Skyler is an American writer and producer. She began her career as an actor appearing in films, television, as well as in the theatre. Skyler is most well known for her original play entitled The Moonlight Room. She is the executive producer of film The Man Who Knew Infinity.

Biography

Skyler 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. She attended Princeton University, graduating cum laude with a B.A. in English.^[1]

^[2] Skyler is the author of the play "The Moonlight Room",^[3] 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.^[4] 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. In 2016, Skyler wrote a screen adaptation of Peter Hessler's River Town.^[5]

Personal life

Skyler is a founding committee member of the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, the first charity dedicated to sarcoma research, and has also written for The Huffington Post.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Kidco	Bette Cessna
1984	Old Enough	Sarah
1990	Cadillac Man	Lisa
1999	Getting to Know You	Irene	Co-writer
2000	The Intern	Deborah Duchet
2000	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Tristen Ryler
2001	Lonesome	Vivian
2003	Final Draft	Rachel	Also producer
2013	Innocence	N/A	Co-writer
2013	Chlorine	Trudy
2015	The Man Who Knew Infinity	N/A	Producer
2016	Brillo Box (3 ¢ off)	N/A	Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	ABC Weekend Special: The Haunted Mansion Mystery	Angel	2 episodes
1989	Kate & Allie	Sherry	2 episodes
1995–96	All My Children	Tiffany	Recurring role
1999	Now and Again	Cyber Cafe Waitress	1 episode
1999	Angel	Holly	1 episode
2002	Providence	Amy	1 episode
2006	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Abigail Phillips	1 episode

References

1. "Tristine Skyler". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
2. Pogrebin, Robin (November 18, 2003). "Well-Observed Waiting, and a Fruitful First Play". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
3. Weber, Bruce (November 5, 2003). "Youth and Sadness in a Hospital Waiting Room". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
4. Weber, Bruce (March 2, 2004). "Facing Life and Fearing Death Deep in a Complicated Night". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
5. Hipes, Peter (March 14, 2016). "'River Town' Movie: Lu Chuan To Direct Adaptation Of Peter Hessler China Memoir". Deadline. Retrieved August 4, 2016.

External links

• Tristine Skyler at the Internet Movie Database