David Slade
| David Aldrin Slade | |
|---|---|
 David Slade at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | |
| Born |
26 September 1969 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor, 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 and actor. 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.
Life and career
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
Feature films
- Hard Candy (2005)
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Music videos
- 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
- I Smell Quality (1994)
- Do Geese See God? (2004)
- MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner (2008)[8]
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"
References
- ↑ 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.