Martha Fiennes
Born
Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

1964 (age 59–60)
Suffolk, England
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, producer
Years active1999–present
PartnerGeorge Tiffin (1991–2011)
Children3
Parents
Relatives

Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a] (/ˈfaɪnz/) is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film Onegin (1999),[1][2] which starred her elder brother, Ralph,[3][4] and her subsequent film Chromophobia (2005).

Career

Fiennes made her directorial debut with the film Onegin – an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, which starred her brother Ralph in the title role.[5][6][7] The film received much praise, and she won the Best Director Award at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Best Newcomer at the London Film Critics' Circle. Fiennes wrote her second feature film in 2005, Chromophobia,[8] an original multi-stranded drama, which comprised an all star cast and which closed the Cannes Film Festival of 2005.[9][10]

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.[1]

She has three children with George Tiffin: Titan Nathaniel Fiennes Tiffin (b. 26 August 1995), Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (b. 6 November 1997) and Mercy Jini Willow Fiennes Tiffin (b. 15 October 2001).[better source needed]

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.[11] Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as the Duchess of Devonshire's daughter, Georgiana (Little G).[12]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Notes
1999 London Film Critics' Circle British Newcomer of the Year Onegin Won
1999 Tokyo International Film Festival Best Director Onegin Won
1999 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Onegin Nominated [13]

Notes

  1. ^ This British person has the barrelled surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, but is known by the surname Fiennes.

References

  1. ^ a b Gritten, David (16 December 1999). "Martha, Ralph Fiennes: Siblings and Comrades : The first-time filmmaker and her famous brother join forces on 'Onegin,' a project seven years in the making, based on Pushkin's 1830 novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ Thomas, Kevin (17 December 1999). "'Onegin' Is Model Adaptation, With Credit to Several Fiennes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ^ Guardian Staff (14 November 1999). "Family affair". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | A Fiennes family affair". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ^ Guardian Staff (19 November 1999). "Kith and Pushkin". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  6. ^ Holden, Stephen (22 December 1999). "FILM REVIEW; A Cold Comeuppance in St. Petersburg". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ Elley, Derek (27 September 1999). "Onegin". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  8. ^ Elley, Derek (21 May 2005). "Chromophobia". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  9. ^ "A narrow-focus dissection of the trials of being English and rich". the Guardian. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. ^ "British director's film to end Cannes festival". the Guardian. 20 April 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. ^ * "Casting Is Complete on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Warner Brothers Pictures press release.
  12. ^ "Mercy Fiennes Tiffin". IMDb. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  13. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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