Michael Spierig
Birthdate: April 29, 1976 (50 Years Old)
Birthplace: Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
Peter and Michael Spierig are German-Australian filmmaking twins who specialize in horror movies, debuting in features (after making short films, including Attack of the Undead in 1995 and The Big Picture in 2000) as directors/writers/producers/editors/visual effects supervisors/sound designers with the Australian-made horror comedy, Undead (2003), starring Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay and Rob Jenkins, premiering at the Fantosporto Film Festival and released by Lionsgate’s previously named company, Lions Gate Films. The Spierigs were directors/writers/visual effects supervisors of the U.S.-Australian vampire co-production, Daybreakers (2009), starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman and Sam Neill, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and distributed by Lionsgate (U.S.)/Hoyts Distribution (Australia).
The Spierigs continued with star Ethan Hawke as directors/writers/producers/visual effects supervisors (as well as Peter composing the score) of the Australian-produced time-traveling Predestination (2014), based on Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 story, --All You Zombies-- , co-starring Sarah Snook and Noah Taylor, produced (in part) by Screen Australia, and released by Stage 6 Films and Pinnacle Films after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The Spierigs returned to the Lionsgate fold as directors (only) of the eighth installment in the Saw franchise, Jigsaw (2017), produced by Twisted Pictures’s Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg, co-starring Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett and Hannah Emily Anderson, and which grossed over $104 million (or ten times estimated costs).
Peter and Michael Spierig again shared directing and writing credits, and Peter composed the score, for the haunted house movie, Winchester (2018), co-written by Tom Vaughan, starring Helen Mirren, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook, and scoring an outstanding $44 million gross (based on estimated costs) for distributors Lionsgate (U.S., U.K.)/StudioCanal (Australia, New Zealand) despite negative reviews. The Spierigs were directors (only) of their first non-horror movie for Lionsgate, the survival movie sequel, Fall 2: Deadpoint (2026), co-written and produced (in part) by Scott Mann, co-starring Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, Tom Brittney and Grace Caroline Currey, and released wide by Lionsgate/Grindstone Entertainment Group.
Personal life
Peter and Michael Spierig were born twins in Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany and raised in Bucholz and in Australia.
Known For
Michael Spierig Movies
Director
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- 2026 |
Fall 2: Deadpoint
Grieving her sister Shiloh's death, Jax Hunter bonds with Shiloh's bold friend Luce. Together they tackle dangerous Mount Kwan in Thailand. When a rockslide traps them on a narrow plank 4,000 feet up, Jax must face her fears to survive.
- 2018 |
Winchester
Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
- 2017 |
Writer
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- 2018 |
Winchester
Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
Facts About Michael Spierig
All In: Peter and Michael Spierig both pooled their life savings to finance their first feature movie, Undead, which went on to win them the best visual effects award at the Australian Film Institute Awards.
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