Bill has worked in the film industry for over 20 years. During that time he worked as 1st Assistant Director on many Hollywood features and TV movies, collaborating with world-class directors Terry Gilliam and John Woo, and with renowned actors Keifer Sutherland, Lucy Lui, Rod Steiger, Brian Dennehey, and Jeff Bridges. Bill has also worked on many Canadian feature films and TV movies with many of Canada¹s most talented directors including Vincenzo Natali, Bruce McDonald, Eric Till, William Phillips, George Bloomfield and Gordon Pinsent.

Bill¹s experience in drama as a 1st AD working with some of the world¹s top directors has resulted in a combination of talents, both visual and dramatic, that makes him a strong documentary director.

In 2006 Bill Spahic directed Yours, Al, an evocative film about the life and work of the ³people¹s poet of Canada², Al Purdy which featured actor Gordon Pinsent in the title role. Bill has also directed several award winning educational drama shorts: A Poisoned Workplace: Sexual Harassment and Breaking the Cycle a short drama aimed at the prevention of child abuse.

Following that in 2007, Bill Spahic co-direced IRIS CHANG, THE RAPE OF NANKING with Anne Pick. This film took them to China and across North America. Regarding the making of this film, Bill says " Right from the start we wanted to make a feature documentary from Iris Chang¹s perspective. In making the film we discovered how it was even more of a personal and emotional experience for her. As Iris herself said in one archive clip, Nanking was not just statistics and historical dates but something that effects people even today.

ANNE PICK's BIO | WILLIAM SPAHIC's BIO