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Filmmaker Tristan Bayer brings a new = spirit of=20 adventure=97and a touch of glam=97to the wild = kingdom

By Dina Mishev


	ME TRISTAN:=20 Bayer, with pal Vanessa Garnick, in Costa Rica's Curu = Wildlife=20 Refuge (Paulo Fridman/Animal Planet)

WHEN YOU'RE LIVING WITH THE MASAI at 18 months old, learning = the=20 Swahili words for lion and hippo at two, and = making your=20 own travel videos at 12=97all while your dad shoots films for = National=20 Geographic and PBS=97chances are you're not going to grow up and = take a desk=20 job. And Tristan Bayer, son of renowned cinematographer Wolfgang = Bayer,=20 didn't. Now 29 and addicted to globe-trotting, he's living his = dream as a=20 filmmaker=97and bringing new energy to the world of nature=20 documentaries.

Bayer's new Animal Planet series, Caught in the Moment = (premiering June 20 at 9 p.m. EDT), features plenty of rare = creatures,=20 from spirit bears in British Columbia to snow monkeys in Japan. = But the=20 show=97co-hosted by Bayer and Vanessa Garnick, a 28-year-old = naturalist and=20 actress he's known since childhood, and featuring footage shot by = Bayer=97is=20 as much about the couple's adventures as it is about the animals. = With=20 these two, there's no standing in the jungle whispering esoteric = facts:=20 Their mostly unscripted banter is more along the lines of = "God=97it's the=20 money shot" (when they find capuchin monkeys gobbling clams in = Costa Rica)=20 or "I love it when every plan goes out the window" (when they find = themselves arriving a month early to film an annual olive ridley = turtle=20 migration).

"We're showing that you can go to wild places, live a wild = lifestyle,=20 and still try to make a difference," Bayer says. "You don't have = to be a=20 dorky tree hugger or an old scientist with a beard to deal with=20 conservation."

Indeed. Bayer's rugged good looks have won him modeling jobs = for Vogue,=20 Nike, and Abercrombie & Fitch. But, he's quick to note, he = used the=20 money he earned to buy camera equipment, and he's building up the=20 credentials to confirm that he's more than a pretty face.=20 Earthling=97the feature-length documentary he co-wrote, = directed,=20 and, with his father, filmed in locations around the world=97won = the 2005=20 EarthWatch Film Award (past recipients include David Attenborough) = and=20 prizes at numerous film festivals. He hopes to find a national = distributor=20 in 2006; meanwhile, he's off to India, Mongolia, and Thailand with = Garnick=20 to film Caught episodes, and he's editing the 300-odd = hours of=20 additional Earthling footage for a second movie, = code-named=20 Moonling.

"The world is my base," he says. "I don't have a car or a = house, but I=20 have passion, the desire to inspire=97along with cameras, airplane = tickets,=20 and friends with couches."

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