Kailey and Sam Spear

Bio

Kailey and Sam Spear are director, writer, and actors (and twin sisters) originally from Nex̱wlélex̱m - Bowen Island, British Columbia. They have directed both in both theatre and film. Their 2014 stage version of Hamlet featured the first female Hamlet in Canada. In 2015, their short film The Mary Alice Brandon File (a Twilight prequel), was the winner of the “New Voices of the Twilight Saga” competition hosted by Lionsgate, Facebook, and Women in Film LA. For their work on that film, the twins were recognized by Women in Film LA at the Crystal & Lucy Awards, and by Women in Film & TV Vancouver with a Spotlight Award. In 2018, their short film CC was a Crazy8s winner. Their most recent short film, Alien: Ore was made with 20th Century Fox in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Alien (1979). While the two usually direct from their own scripts, they recently started directing for TV. Their vfirst episode was for CW’s Two Sentence Horror Stories. The following season, they were asked back to direct two more. Their most recent TV directing was for AMC/Shudder’s Creepshow (yet to be released).