Martha Fiennes

Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (/ˈfaɪnz/; born 5 February 1964)[1] is an English 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).

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

Martha Fiennes
Born
Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

(1964-02-05) 5 February 1964
Suffolk, England
OccupationFilm director, writer, producer
Years active1999–present
Partner(s)George Tiffin (1991–2011)
Children3, including Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Parents
Relatives
WebsiteOfficial website

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. 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. 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 Film Festival of 2005.

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 has three children with George Tiffin: Titan Nathaniel Fiennes Tiffin (born 26 August 1995), Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (born 6 November 1997) and Mercy Jini Willow Fiennes Tiffin (born 15 October 2001).

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.[2] Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as the Duchess of Devonshire's daughter, Georgiana (Little G).[3]

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Work Result
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

References
  1. "Martha Fiennes". IMDb.
  3. "Mercy Fiennes Tiffin". IMDb. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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