Sylvain Tesson
Actor
Born April 26, 1972 in Paris, France
Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. For the latter book he received the Prix Renaudot. Sylvain Tesson is the son of Marie-Claude Tesson and the journalist Philippe Tesson who founded the French newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris. His sisters are the actress Stephanie Tesson and the art journalist Daphne Tesson. He is a geographer by background and holds a degree in geopolitics.
Filmography
Lawrence d'Arabie, un rêve d'Orient
Self
On the Wandering Paths
En toute liberté - Une radio pour la paix
Self
The Velvet Queen
Self
Patagonia Wings
Dans le sillage d'Ulysse avec Sylvain Tesson
Self
Les îles Eparses avec Sylvain Tesson
Self
White Peaks of Siberia
Self
Sylvain Tesson, une liberté vertigineuse
Self
Alone, 180 Days on Baikal Lake
Self
C à vous
Self - Guest
Of Penguins and Men
Télématin
Self