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Tristan Bancks
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Tristan Bancks at the Melbourne Writers Festival 2011
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| Born | 21 December 1974 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer, Actor |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable awards | prime ministers literary awards, Queensland literary awards: |
| Partner | Amber Melody |
| Relatives | Jimmy Bancks (great uncle) |
Tristan Bancks (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian author who writes exciting books for kids and teens. He also has a background in making films and acting. You might know him from his acting days as Tug O'Neale on the TV show Home and Away from 1992 to 1994.
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About Tristan Bancks
Tristan Bancks trained to be an actor at Sydney's Q Theatre. After his training, he got a regular role on Home and Away as Tug O'Neale.
Life After Home and Away
After leaving Home and Away, Tristan lived in London for four years. There, he worked on television shows for channels like ITV, BBC, Channel Four, and Cable. He presented shows such as Don't Try This at Home and Sussed. He also hosted the second and third series of CITV's It's A Mystery and worked for The Travel Channel.
In 1999, Tristan moved back to Australia. He acted in short films like Ivan Sen's Dust. He also appeared in movies such as Beneath Clouds and the TV series Remote Area Nurse.
Tristan's Film Work
Since returning to Australia, Tristan has written and directed several short films. He adapted two award-winning stories into films: Sarah Armstrong's The Long Wet and John Campbell's The New Boots. Another one of his films, Soar, was shown at big events. These included the London Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand in France, and the Melbourne International Film Festival.
His most recent short film is called Every Day at School. This film was supported by SBS and Film Australia. It was part of their "Change the World in Five Minutes" campaign. The film encourages primary school classes across Australia to spend the first five minutes of each day doing something small to make the world better.
Becoming a Full-Time Author
For the past few years, Tristan has been writing books full-time. In 2009, he released Mac Slater Coolhunter 2: I Heart NY. This book was a follow-up to his earlier book, The Rules of Cool. He also released the Nitboy books, Bug Out and Lift Off, in 2009.
His first book for young adults, It's Yr Life, came out in June 2009. He wrote this book with Tempany Deckert, who was also an actress on Home and Away. Tristan has also written eight short novels in Macmillan's Kids Inc. series. These books are about kids who start their own businesses and projects.
Awards and Recognition
In 2004, Tristan Bancks won an award at the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival. He won for his directing work on the film Soar.
His book Detention was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards. In 2023, his book Cop & Robber was shortlisted for the Young Adult Indie Award.
Tristan won the Young Australian Best Book Award for Fiction for Years 7–9 for his book Scar Town.
Tristan's Personal Life
Tristan Bancks has a famous relative! His great-great uncle, Jimmy Bancks, created the well-known Ginger Meggs comic in 1921. Tristan even helped write the 100th anniversary book edition of Ginger Meggs.
Tristan's sister, Kerryn Johnston, used to be a newsreader for WIN Television in Wollongong. Tristan is married and has two sons.
Tristan's Acting Roles
- Remote Area Nurse (2006) as Grub
- Beneath Clouds (2006) as Grub
- Dust (2002) as Dean
- Home and Away (1992–1994) as Tug O'Neale
Tristan's Books
- Mac Slater Coolhunter 1: The Rules of Cool (2008)
- Mac Slater Coolhunter 2: I Heart NY (2009)
- Nitboy: Lift Off (2009)
- Nitboy: Bug Out (2009)
- It's Yr Life (with Tempany Deckert) (2009)
- My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (2011)
- Galactic Adventures: First Kids in Space (2011)
- My Life and Other Stuff That Went Wrong (2014)
- Two Wolves (2014)
- My Life and Other Massive Mistakes (2015)
- On The Run (2015)
- My Life and Other Exploding Chickens (2016)
- The Fall (2017)
- My Life and Other Weaponized Muffins (2017)
- My Life and Other Failed Experiments (2018)
- Detention (2019)
- Ginger Meggs (with Jason Chatfield) (2021)
- Cop & Robber (2022)
- Scar Town (2023)
