Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 1964) is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film Onegin (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, 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. 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, 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 three children with George Tiffin, including Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin.
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.* "Casting Is Complete on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Warner Brothers Pictures press release. Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as the Duchess of Devonshire's daughter, Georgiana (Little G).
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result Notes1999London Film Critics' Circle British Newcomer of the YearOnegin1999 Tokyo International Film Festival Best Director Onegin1999 British Academy Film Awards BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film Onegin
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External links UK Martha Fiennes judged The Film of the Month competition in April 2009 on the independent filmmakers networking site Shooting People.