Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes
Born	Martha Maria Twisleton Wykeham-Fiennes[1] 5 February 1964 (1964-02-05) (age 47) Suffolk, England, UK
Occupation	English film director, writer, and producer
Years active	1999–present
Website
Official website

Martha Fiennes (pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/; née Wykeham-Fiennes; born 5 February 1964)^[2] is a British film director, writer and producer. An award-winning director, Fiennes is best-known for her films Onegin (1999) (which starred her elder brother, Ralph) and Chromophobia (2005).

Career

Fiennes made her directorial debut with the film Onegin – an adaptation of the Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin – which starred her brother Ralph in the title role. The film won much praise, and she won the Best Director Award at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Best Newcomer at the London Film Critic's Circle. Following Onegin, Fiennes wrote her second feature film, Chromophobia – an original multi-stranded drama, which comprised an all star cast and which closed the Cannes 2005 Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Fiennes was born in Suffolk, England to photographer Mark Fiennes (1933–2004) and novelist Jennifer Lash (1938–1993). Her siblings are actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, documentary film maker Sophie Fiennes, composer Magnus Fiennes, and Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist. She has a foster brother, Michael Emery, an archaeologist.

She is married to George Tiffin and has three children: Titan Nathaniel (b. 26 August 1995),^[3]Hero Beauregard (b. 6 November 1997),^[4] and Mercy Jini Willow (b. 15 October 2001).^[5]

Her son Hero, at the age of nine, played a young version of his uncle Ralph's character, Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.^[6] Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as Young Georgiana.

Awards

• 2000 – London Film Critics Awards, British Newcomer of The Year, Onegin
• 1999 – Tokyo International Film Festival, Best Director, Onegin

Nominations

• 2000 – BAFTA Awards, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Onegin
• 2000 – London Film Critics Awards, British Newcomer of The Year, Onegin
• 1999 – Tokyo International Film Festival, Best Director, Onegin

References

1. ^ According to her birth registry, she has three registrations under varying names: FIENNES, Martha M T W; TWISLETON-WYKEHAM-FIENNES, Martha M and WYKEHAM-FIENNES, Martha M T
2. ^ The Peerage.com
3. ^ The Peerage.com
4. ^ The Peerage.com
5. ^ The Peerage.com
6. ^ * "Casting Is Complete on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Warner Brothers Pictures press release.

External links

• Martha Fiennes at the Internet Movie Database UK
• Martha Fiennes official website
• Martha Fiennes judged The Film of the Month competition in April 2009 on the independent filmmakers networking site Shooting People.

Persondata
Name	Fiennes, Martha
Alternative names	Wykeham-Fiennes, Martha Maria Twisleton
Short description	English film director, writer and producer
Date of birth	5 February 1964
Place of birth	Suffolk, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death