Sophia Victoria "Sophie" Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/ "fines"; born 12 February 1967) is an English filmmaker. Exploring a broad range of ideas and diverse modes of creativity, Fiennes' films play with notions of performance and identity.
She is the daughter of photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist/painter Jini Fiennes (Jennifer Lash), and the sister of Ralph Fiennes, Martha Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes, Jacob Fiennes and Joseph Fie...
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Sophia Victoria "Sophie" Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/ "fines"; born 12 February 1967) is an English filmmaker. Exploring a broad range of ideas and diverse modes of creativity, Fiennes' films play with notions of performance and identity.
She is the daughter of photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist/painter Jini Fiennes (Jennifer Lash), and the sister of Ralph Fiennes, Martha Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes, Jacob Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes.
Following a foundation course in painting at Chelsea School of Art, Fiennes worked with director Peter Greenaway from 1987 – 1992. She managed the UK based dance company, The Michael Clark Company from 1992-1994 and began making her own films in 1998. With Greenaway she worked on films and TV projects including Drowning by Numbers and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. She met the British choreographer and dancer Michael Clark in 1990 during the shooting of Prospero’s Books, in which Clark performed the role of Caliban in the...
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