David Slade
| David Aldrin Slade | |
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| Born | 26 September 1969 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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Photography http://thechromatic.virb.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/DAVID_A_SLADE |
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David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1968) is a British film director. His works include the films Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Slade is also a director for television, directing episodes for Breaking Bad, Awake, and Hannibal. Before he was a film director, Slade was a director of commercials and music videos.
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Life and career [edit]
His first feature film, Hard Candy, was released in 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment, who purchased the independent movie at the Sundance Film Festival.[1] He went on to direct the vampire movie 30 Days of Night in 2007.[2] Slade directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,[3] the third film in the Twilight film series.[4]
In a Twitter post, Slade listed his favourite films as Performance, Wings of Desire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and Possession.[5] Slade also attributes Performance as his main inspiration for becoming a film director.[6]
Filmography [edit]
Feature films [edit]
- Hard Candy (2005)
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Music videos [edit]
- Speedy J's "Symmetry" (computer animated video piece titled "Corpus Porpoise Posthumous Non Polhemus")
- Aphex Twin's "Donkey Rhubarb"
- LFO's "Tied Up"
- DJ Rap's "Good To Be Alive (Original UK Version)"
- Rob Dougan's "Clubbed to Death"
- Stone Temple Pilots' "Sour Girl"
- CJ Bolland's "Sugar Is Sweeter"
- Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girl"
- Muse's "Hyper Music, Feeling Good"
- Muse's "Bliss"
- Muse's "New Born"
- Stereophonics's "Mr. Writer"
- System of a Down's "Aerials"
- AFI's "Girl's Not Grey"
- The Killers' "Goodnight, Travel Well" for UNICEF in conjunction with MTV EXIT
Short films [edit]
- I Smell Quality (1994)
- Do Geese See God? (2004)
- MEATDOG: What’s Fer Dinner (2008)[7]
Television shows [edit]
- Breaking Bad,
- Episode 4.03 – "Open House".
- Awake,
- Hannibal,
- Episode 1.01 - "Apéritif"
- Episode 1.03 - "Potage"
- Episode 1.13 - "Savoureux" [9]
References [edit]
- ^ "Press Conference: Interviews with the Cast & Crew of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'". BloodyDisgusting.
- ^ "Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gets a New Editor; Muse Dropped from Soundtrack". DreadCentral.
- ^ "David Slade Talks Twilight Saga: Eclipse; New TV Spot "Something New"". DreadCentral.
- ^ "David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/DAVID_A_SLADE/status/176587265768824832
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/DAVID_A_SLADE/status/176602128343777283
- ^ "So Funny, It’s Scary: Hollywood’s Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall". Microsoft. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ "Awake: About". NBC. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Hibberd, James (March 30, 2012). "'Twilight Saga' director to helm NBC's 'Hannibal'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
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