Biography
Award-winning actor, filmmaker and musician, Tristan Aronovich is considered one of the most talented Brazilian artists of his generation. His latest film projects opened in movie theaters in Brazil and were acquired by Sony Entertainment, Fox Channel, Axn Channel, Box Brazil, Air France, Emirates Airlines and Net Now VOD to name a few. His new project, the dramatic feature film "Alguém Qualquer/Anyone Out There" (in which Aronovich not only played the main character, but also directed, wrote, edited and composed the music for), received numerous international awards and was described as "...a universal master piece..." by Dr. Jose Barriga at Harvard University. Tristan's work in "Anyone Out There" also received attention from Brazil's mainstream press and was described as "...worthy of Charles Chaplin..." (O Estado de S.P.) and "...this movie needs to be seen for the impeccable performance delivered by Tristan Aronovich. His work is exceptional..." (Globo News). Tristan's debut as a feature film director was also a remarkable success: his feature film "Wireless", released in Brazilian Theaters in November of 2009, was described as "...the 'Breathless' of the new generation..." by Silvio Tendler. In 2015, Casting Director Andra Reev-Rab (The Big Bang Theory) described Tristan's performance as "...elegant, devastating, masterful...".
Early Career Since 2004, Aronovich has worked as an actor, director, producer, composer, writer and editor in over 50 industry productions including feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos and others. Among his most notable awards are the "Excellence in Filmmaking Award" (Canada International Film Festival, 2010), "Humanitarian Award" (Sedona Film Festival, 2013), "Curator's Choice Award" (Harvard University, 2012), "Gold Award" (California Film Awards, 2013) and "Best Narrative Feature" (Logan Film Festival, 2013). In 2010, the DVD "Nasi: Vivo Na Cena" directed, shot and edited by Tristan Aronovich, was nominated for a Latin Grammy.
Music Career As a musician and composer, Aronovich has performed to audiences in the US, Europe and Brazil in venues such as the prestigious RedCat Theatre in Los Angeles, the MASP Theatre in Sao Paulo just to name a few. Tristan's work as a musician awarded him an invitation to record at legendary Capitol Records in Hollywood. His performances have been described as "...exciting, agile, go-for-broke..." by the San Antonio Express News (USA) and "... Aronovich plays in a way most people can only dream of..." by Frank Koonce (Arizona State University).
Academic Tristan was awarded full scholarships from several North-American universities to pursuit his undergraduate studies. His choice was the prestigious California Institute of the Arts (Calarts) where he graduated in 2004. In 2013, Tristan was awarded yet another full-scholarship to attend the Performance Research Seminar at Harvard University. Tristan regularly publishes articles on film, music and acting and his latest bi-lingual book "Making Films/Fazendo Cinema" (published i 2014) is available worldwide and has been the book of choice of several film and acting courses and schools. Tristan is also the founder and director of the Latin American Film Institute.
Tristan was recently invited by Hollywood Producer Andy Meyer (The Breakfast Club, Fried Green Tomatoes) to re-locate to the U.S. where he resides as of 2015 under a fellowship granted by a prestigious film institution.
