Tristram Powell

Tristram Powell
Born
Tristram Roger Dymoke Powell

(1940-04-25) 25 April 1940 (age 82)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Director, writer, producer
Years active1964–present
SpouseVirginia Lucas
ChildrenGeorgia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
Parent(s)Anthony Powell
Lady Violet Pakenham

Tristram Roger Dymoke Powell (born 25 April 1940) is an English television and film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include American Friends, episodes of series five and six of Foyle's War, and adaptations of the novels The Ghost Writer and Falling.

Life

Powell was born in Oxford, the elder son of the novelist Anthony Powell and Lady Violet Powell (née Pakenham). His godfather was Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, the last squire of Felbrigg Hall and a noted biographer. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford.

Tristram Powell's father died in 2000, and he has recounted the story of his conversing with the doctor in attendance, who was also surnamed Powell, about his ancestry. His mother, Lady Violet, died in 2002.

Powell objected to the National Trust's 2017 short film about his godfather, Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer of Felbrigg Hall, in which the latter's private life as a homosexual was revealed. Powell said that the Trust had made the revelation for "commercial reasons" in a way he considered "exaggerated and mean-spirited".

Powell's daughter Georgia married Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort, in 2018.

Filmography

Director

Year Film Notes
1968 Contrasts Episode: "A Writer and his Sword – A film about Japan's best-selling novelist, Yukio Mishima"
1978 The Lively Arts Episode: "A Haunted Man"
1981 No Country for Old Men (TV)
1984 The Ghost Writer (TV)
1985 Arena Episode: "From an Immigrant's Notebook"
1987–1993 Screen Two 5 episodes
1988 Number 27
Talking Heads Episode: "Soldiering On"
1991 American Friends
1992 The Old Devils Episodes: "Love, Lust and Litre Bottles", "Rhiannon's Boys", "Clapped-Out Casanovas"
1993 Selected Exits (TV)
1995 Tears Before Bedtime 4 episodes
1997 Drovers' Gold TV mini-series
1997–1999 Kavanagh QC Episodes: "Ancient History", "Previous Convictions", "End Game"
1998 Talking Heads 2 Episode: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"
2000 Telling Tales
Without Motive 3 episodes
2001 Anybody's Nightmare (TV)
2003 Sparkling Cyanide (TV)
2005 Falling (TV)
2005–2006 Judge John Deed Episodes: "In Defence of Others", "My Daughter, Right or Wrong"
2005–2008 Trial & Retribution Episodes: "The Lovers: Part 1", "Curriculum Vitae: Part 1", "Tracks: Part 1"
2006 The Commander Episode: "Blacklight"
2007–2008 Foyle's War Episodes: "Casualties of War", "Plan of Attack", "All Clear"
2009 Law & Order: UK Episode: "Paradise"



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