David Slade

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David Slade
Slade at the 2014San Diego Comic-Con
Born	David Aldrin Slade (1969-09-26)26 September 1969 United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1994–present

David Aldrin Slade(born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor. His works include the filmsHard Candy,30 Days of NightandThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse.Slade is also a director for television, directing episodes forBreaking Bad,Awake,Hannibal,Crossbones,Powers,American GodsandBlack Mirror.Before he was a film director, Slade was a director of commercials and music videos.

Life and career

Slade at the London premiere ofThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse,2010

He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south ofEngland.He had his films processed by an elderly woman who developed super 8 films for cheap in her bathtub. His first professional job was directing a commercial for the video gameSilent Hill,for the English market.His first feature film,Hard Candy,was released in 2005 byLions Gate Entertainment,who purchased the independent movie at theSundance Film Festival.He went on to direct the vampire film30 Days of Nightin 2007.Slade directedThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse,the third film in theTwilightfilm series.

In aTwitterpost, Slade listed his favorite films asPerformance,Wings of Desire,2001: A Space Odyssey,A Clockwork Orange,andPossession.Slade also attributesPerformanceas his main inspiration for becoming a film director.

Filmography

Feature films

• Hard Candy(2005)
• 30 Days of Night(2007)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse(2010)
• Nightmare Cinema(2018) (segment:This Way to Egress)
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch(2018)
• Dark Harvest(2023)

Music videos

• Scheer's "Wish You Were Dead"
• Beaumont Hannant's "Utuba"
• DJ Hooligan's "Rave Nation"
• Speedy J's "Symmetry" (animated video piece titled "Corpus Porpoise Posthumous Non Polhemus" )
• EMF's "Bleeding You Dry"
• Aphex Twin's "Donkey Rhubarb"
• Collapsed Lung's "Eat My Goal"
• LFO's "Tied Up"
• C. J. Bolland's "Sugar Is Sweeter"
• Babybird's "If You'll Be Mine"
• DJ Rap's "Good to Be Alive" (original UK version)
• 3 Colours Red's "Beautiful Day"
• Apollo 440's "Stop the Rock"
• Stone Temple Pilots' "Sour Girl"
• OPM's "Heaven Is a Halfpipe"
• Maxim's "Carmen Queasy"
• P.O.D.'s "School of Hard Knocks"
• Stereophonics' "Mr. Writer"
• Muse's "New Born"
• Muse's "Bliss"
• Muse's "Hyper Music"
• Muse's "Feeling Good"
• Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girl"
• David Gray's "This Year's Love"
• System of a Down's "Aerials"
• The Music's "Take the Long Road and Walk It"
• Rob Dougan's "Clubbed to Death"
• Starsailor's "Poor Misguided Fool"
• AFI's "Girl's Not Grey"
• Turin Brakes' "Pain Killer"
• The Killers' "Goodnight, Travel Well" for UNICEF in conjunction with MTV EXIT

Short films

• I Smell Quality(1994)
• Do Geese See God?(2004)
• MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner(2008)

Television series

• Breaking Bad
  • Episode 4.03 – "Open House"
• Awake
  • Episode 1.01 – "Pilot"
• Hannibal
  • Episode 1.01 – "Apéritif"
  • Episode 1.03 – "Potage"
  • Episode 1.13 – "Savoureux"
  • Episode 2.11 – "Kō No Mono"
  • Episode 2.13 – "Mizumono"
• Crossbones
  • Episode 1.01 – "The Devil's Dominion"
• Powers
  • Episode 1.01 – "Pilot"
  • Episode 1.02 – "Like a Power"
• American Gods
  • Episode 1.01 – "The Bone Orchard"
  • Episode 1.02 – "The Secret of Spoons"
  • Episode 1.03 – "Head Full of Snow"
• Black Mirror
  • Episode 4.05 – "Metalhead"
  • Black Mirror: Bandersnatch(2018)
• Barkskins
  • Episode 1.01 "New France"
  • Episode 1.02 "The Turtle King"

External links

• David SladeatIMDb