Alex von Tunzelmann

(born 1977) is a British popular historian, screenwriter and author.Tunzelmann has stated that her surname is of German ancestry originating in Saxony in Germany and that she has family connections from Estonia since 1600 and New Zealand since 1850. Tunzelmann was educated at Brighton and Hove High School,[2] an independent school for girls in Brighton, and at University College at the University of Oxford. She read history and edited both Cherwell and Isis.Tunzelmann wrote the script for the movie Churchill, a film that received mixed reviews. Noted Churchill biographer Andrew Roberts gave the film a scathing review, writing "Ms. von Tunzelmann who once had a column in The Guardian that attacked movies for their historical errorshas twisted the truth about Churchill and D-Day in a truly repulsive way". She also wrote episodes of the RAI period drama Medici, focusing on the powerful Florentine family.