Sophie Fiennes
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| Sophie Fiennes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sophia Victoria Twisleton Wykeham-Fiennes 12 February 1967 |
| Occupation | Film director, producer |
| Parent(s) | Mark Fiennes Jennifer Lash |
| Relatives | Ralph Fiennes (brother) Martha Fiennes (sister) Magnus Fiennes (brother) Joseph Fiennes (brother) Jacob Fiennes (brother) |
Sophia Victoria Twisleton Wykeham-Fiennes (/ˈfaɪnz/; born 12 February 1967), known as Sophie Fiennes, is an English film director and producer. She is the sister of actors Joseph Fiennes and Ralph Fiennes, director Martha Fiennes and composer Magnus Fiennes.[1]
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Career
She managed the UK based dance company The Michael Clark Company from 1992 to 1994 and began making her own films in 1998. With Peter Greenaway she worked on films and TV projects including Drowning by Numbers, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Prospero's Books.
Films
Show and Tell
Made for ZDF/Arte is about Les Ballets C. de la B.’s dance performance VSPRS. A the dimensions of ecstasy and trauma that form the core of the performance are captured, whilst interviews with Platel and the dancers themselves are also included.
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Fiennes' documentary The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, is written and presented by the philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek.[2]
Fiennes and Žižek have completed shooting on a followup, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology.[3] The format is similar, with Žižek speaking from within reconstructed scenes from films.[4] This time the films include Full Metal Jacket, Taxi Driver, They Live and The Sound of Music.
Family
She is the daughter of photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist/painter Jini Fiennes (Jennifer Lash), and the sister of Ralph, Martha, Magnus, Joseph and Jacob Fiennes.
Awards
Sophie Fiennes was awarded a NESTA fellowship in 2001.
Filmography
- 1998 Lars from 1-10
- 2001 Because I Sing
- 2002 Hoover Street Revival
- 2005 Ramallah! Ramallah! Ramallah!
- 2006 The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- 2007 VSPRS Show and Tell
- 2010 Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
- 2012 The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
References
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- ↑ Anne Thompson. Pervert's Guide to Cinema's Fiennes and Zizek Reteam for Pervert's Guide to Ideology. IndieWire. 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Danny Leigh, "Slavoj Žižek: Blofeld rides again," Guardian, 16 October 2011.
External links
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- English film directors
- English film producers
- English women film directors
- Fiennes family
- People from Suffolk
- People from Wiltshire
- 1967 births
- Living people
- British people of English descent
