Sophie Fiennes
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.
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.
Fiennes and Žižek have completed shooting on a followup, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology. The format is similar, with Žižek speaking from within reconstructed scenes from films. This time the films include Full Metal Jacket, Taxi Driver, They Live and The Sound of Music.
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