David Slade
| David Aldrin Slade | |
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David Slade at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
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| Born | 26 September 1969 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website |
Photography http://thechromatic.virb.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/DAVID_A_SLADE |
David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television 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, Hannibal, Crossbones, Powers, and American Gods. Before he was a film director, Slade was a director of commercials and music videos.
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Life and career[edit]
He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of England. He would have his films process by an elderly woman who processed super 8 films for cheap in her bathtub. His first professional job was directing a commercial for the video game Silent Hill, for the English market.[1] His first feature film, Hard Candy, was released in 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment, who purchased the independent movie at the Sundance Film Festival.[2] He went on to direct the vampire film 30 Days of Night in 2007.[3] Slade directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,[4] the third film in the Twilight film series.[5]
In a Twitter post, Slade listed his favorite films as Performance, Wings of Desire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Possession.[6] Slade also attributes Performance as his main inspiration for becoming a film director.[7]
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)
- Collapsed Lung's "Eat My Goal"
- 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)[8]
Television series[edit]
- 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 – "Pilot"
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/david-slade/
- ^ "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.
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