David Tristan Birkin (born 1977) is a British artist, photographer and actor. He comes from a family of artists that includes his father, the writer and film director Andrew Birkin, his aunt, the singer and actress Jane Birkin, his grandmother, Judy Campbell, and his cousins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Doillon and the photographer, Kate Barry. His mother is Elisabeth Guss and his half-brothers are Ned Birkin and the late poet, Anno Birkin. In 2008...
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David Tristan Birkin (born 1977) is a British artist, photographer and actor. He comes from a family of artists that includes his father, the writer and film director Andrew Birkin, his aunt, the singer and actress Jane Birkin, his grandmother, Judy Campbell, and his cousins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Doillon and the photographer, Kate Barry. His mother is Elisabeth Guss and his half-brothers are Ned Birkin and the late poet, Anno Birkin. In 2008, Birkin became engaged to the performance artist, Eloise Fornieles.
Birkin grew up between London and New York City, eventually returning to the UK to study anthropology at Oxford (1996-1999). He worked as an actor in film and theatre, including productions for the Royal National Theatre, Peter Hall Company and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and narrated the English translation of Chris Marker and Alan Resnais' 1953 film Les statues meurent aussi at the French Institute in London. He has since written and photographed editorial commissions on...
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