Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
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Peter and Michael Spierig first became interested in film making back in the mid 1980s when they discovered their father's home movie camera and at the age of 10 began making short films. While in High School Peter produced and directed a short drama entitled "Number 33" and a computer animated science fiction short entitled "The Adventures of Merv McFuddle". These films won Peter five major awards at the Queensland New Filmmmakers Awards including "Most Promising New Filmmaker". In 1997 Peter and Michael Spierig graduated from the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane Australia. Peter graduated with a Bacholar of Arts in Film and Television while Michael graduated with a Bachalor of Arts in Graphic Design. While at university, Peter and Michael jointly produced a number of short films. These films included a science fiction action adventure film entitled "The Garden", which Peter directed and Michael production designed. The film won three major Queensland New Filmmaker Awards including "Best Producer" as well as the "Bronze Student Award" at the Houston International Film Festival. Michael gained a taste for the film making process while working on several productions with brother Peter. After designing "The Garden", he wrote and directed his own short film "Happy Hour", an action noir. Michael shared the "Best Producer" award with Peter at the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards along with winning "Best Production Design" for his work on the short film. The brothers also directed and produced a trilogy of horror short films which their feature is based from entitled "The Undead Trilogy" while they were both studying at college. "The Garden" and "Happy Hour" were also the films that caught the attention of Queensland's foremost commercial director Dick Marks, who has since sub-contracted Peter and Michael to direct television commercials and the occasional music video. Over the past two years, Peter and Michael have jointly directed a wide variety of commercials that has ranged from such major clients as Ansett, Lend Lease and Myer. During that time Michael and Peter established their own production company called Spierigfilm. As well as directing television commercials Peter and Michael also continued to direct short films. "Sunday Morning", a short comedy about a couple who wake up together with the events of the previous night being a complete blur was selected for screening at the St. Kilda Film Festival in Melbourne, as well as the Flagstaff International Film Festival and most recently at the "Down Under Wonder" American Cinemateque Film Festival in LA where it was discovered and bought by a US distributor. Michael's and Peter's most recent short film entitled "The Big Picture" was the brothers' first attempt at not only continuing to write, direct and produce but also to take on the role as Directors of Photography. "The Big Picture" is a story about a young woman who watches her life flash before her on a television screen. The film has been the most successful short film to date for the brothers. The film won three major awards at the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards including "Best Film and Best Producers". Michael and Peter also won the "Fictional Drama Short Film Silver Award" at the Queensland Australian Cinematographers Society Awards. The film also went on to screen at the prestigious Rotterdam International Film Festival at which it was purchased by a US Distributor. After making over fifteen short films, dozens of television commercial and numerous music videos the Spierig Brothers decided to take the leap into feature film production in early 2000.

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