Martha Fiennes

Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 1964) is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film Onegin, 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. Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as the Duchess of Devonshire's daughter, Georgiana (Little G).

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