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The Spierig Brothers (born April 1, 1972) is the collective name for Australian twin brothers and film directors, producers and writers Michael and Peter Spierig. They are known for directing visceral and often violent horror movies such as Daybreakers and Undead.
The brothers presented awards at the 2010 Sydney short film festival Tropfest.

History

The Spierig brothers were born in Germany, but grew up in Brisbane. Michael studied graphic design at university, while Peter studied film and television at the same institute. A commercial director had watched a number of their short films and asked them to direct commercials for Australian Union, which they did for the next three years. After that the two agreed on pooling together their life savings and creating their first film, Undead. ^[1]

References

• http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/07/30/spierig-brothers-set-to-bring-us-captain-blood-in-space/
• http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59902
• http://www1.phillyburbs.com/spierig/spierig1.shtml

External links

• Michael Spierig at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Spierig at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site