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Identical twin brothers Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig (/spiːrɪɡ/ (listen)), known collectively as the Spierig Brothers, are German-Australian film directors, producers, and screenwriters. They are best known for their 2014 sci-fi thriller, Predestination.

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The Spierig Brothers
Born	Buchholz, Germany
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Spierig Brothers
Occupation	Film directors, screenwriters, film producers
Years active	2000–present

Early life and education

Peter and Michael Spierig were born in Buchholz, Germany. The identical twins were four years old when their parents immigrated to Sydney, Australia, where they spent their childhood.^{[citation needed]}

The family then moved to Brisbane in the late 1980s, where the twins continued their high school and university education. For a short time, both brothers lived in Berkeley Heights, NJ in the United States, and attended Governor Livingston High School.^{[citation needed]}

Both Peter and Michael earned their bachelor's degree from Queensland College of Art (QCA), where Michael majored in graphic design and Peter in film and television.^{[citation needed]}

Early career

When they were children, Peter and Michael developed a fascination with filmmaking after discovering their father's video camera at age 10. They directed their first short film at the age of 12 which mainly consisted of blowing up teddy bears in their backyard using fireworks.^{[citation needed]}

Throughout high school and college, the twins kept directing short films, many of which were featured in local film festivals and film awards ceremonies. The twins earned over 15 different awards for their short films. Their work eventually caught the attention of Queensland's foremost commercial director Dick Marks, who subsequently hired the brothers to direct television commercials. Peter and Michael ended up jointly directing over sixty television commercials for a large list of clients including Coke, Universal, Myer, Lend Lease, Energex, and Telstra, to name a few.^{[citation needed]}

While working in the advertising industry, Peter and Michael continued to write and direct short films. Their final short film The Big Picture went on to screen and win awards at several prestigious national and international film festivals including Rotterdam International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} After making over fifteen short films and dozens of television commercials, the Spierig Brothers finally ventured into feature film production in early 2000.^{[citation needed]}

Film career

Peter and Michael made their directing debut in 2003 with Undead, a low-budget zombie horror-comedy film, after they agreed on pooling together their life savings.[1] It won a prize for Best Visual Effects at the Australian Film Institute Awards, and screened at 17 film festivals, including Edinburgh, Montreal, Toronto, Sitges, Berlin, Amsterdam and Puchon. At the Melbourne International Film Festival, the International Federation of Film Critics awarded Undead the prestigious FIPRESCI Award. The film was sold to 41 countries, and was released in the US and Canada by Lions Gate Entertainment, who developed a close relationship with Peter and Michael, and backed their second film, Daybreakers.^{[citation needed]}

Daybreakers (2010) starred two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, Vince Colosimo, Michael Dorman, and Isabel Lucas. The film was released in the United States on 2,500 screens in January 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The Spierig brothers' third film was the action sci-fi thriller Predestination based on the 1959 science fiction short story '"—All You Zombies—" by Robert A. Heinlein. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook, and includes an appearance by Noah Taylor.[2] The story recounts that of a detective from a covert government agency (Hawke) who embarks on an intricate series of time-travel journeys in order to catch a master criminal and ensure his own existence. The film was co-written and co-directed by the twins, and was filmed in Australia during Spring of 2013. After its premiere at SXSW on 8 March 2014, the film received many positive reviews including Variety, The Guardian, and IGN Movies.[3]

The two directed the eighth Saw film, Jigsaw, which was released on 27 October 2017.[4] Their next film was Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built, a horror film about the Winchester Mystery House,[5] starring Helen Mirren as heiress Sarah Winchester, and released on 2 February 2018. Both films however received largely negative reviews.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2000	The Big Picture	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2003	Undead	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editors, visual effects supervisors and sound designers
2009	Daybreakers	Yes	Yes	No	Also visual effects supervisors
2014	Predestination	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also visual effects supervisors and music composer (Composed by Peter Spierig)
2017	Jigsaw	Yes	No	No
2018	Winchester	Yes	Yes	No	Also music composer (Composed by Peter Spierig)

Awards and nominations

AACTA Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2015	Predestination	Best Film	Nominated
		Best Direction	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
		Best Original Music Score	Nominated

Australian Film Institute Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	Daybreakers	Best Visual Effects	Won

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2019	Winchester	Worst Director	Nominated
		Worst Screenplay	Nominated

International Federation of Film Critics

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2003	Undead	Fipresci Award	Won

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2014	Predestination	Special Award for Best Sci-Fi Film	Won
		Special Award for Best Screenplay	Won
		Audience Award for Best Feature Film	2nd Place

References

External links

• Michael Spierig at IMDb
• Peter Spierig at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Peter und Michael Spierig

Die Zwillinge Peter und Michael Spierig (* 29. April 1976 in Buchholz in der Nordheide), auch bekannt als die Spierig-Brüder (engl. The Spierig Brothers), sind deutsch-australische Filmschaffende.

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- [en] The Spierig Brothers

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[ru] Братья Спириги

Братья-близнецы Питер Спириг (англ. Peter Spierig) и Майкл Спириг (англ. Michael Spierig; родились 29 апреля 1976, Буххольц, Нижняя Саксония, ФРГ) — австралийские кинорежиссёры, сценаристы и кинопродюсеры.[1] Они вместе пишут сценарии своих фильмов и активно участвуют в редактировании звуковых и визуальных эффектов всех своих работ.

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