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==Life and career==
==Life and career==
He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of [[England]]. He would have 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 game ''[[Silent Hill]]'', for the English market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/david-slade/|title=David Slade - My First Shoot|website=Myfirstshoot.com|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref> His first feature film, ''[[Hard Candy (film)|Hard Candy]]'', was released in 2005 by [[Lions Gate Entertainment]], who purchased the independent movie at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20562|title=Press Conference: Interviews with the Cast & Crew of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'|publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref> He went on to direct the vampire film ''[[30 Days of Night (film)|30 Days of Night]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36238/twilight-saga-eclipse-gets-a-new-editor-muse-dropped-soundtrack|title=Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gets a New Editor; Muse Dropped from Soundtrack|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> Slade directed ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37949/david-slade-talks-twilight-saga-eclipse-new-tv-spot-something-new|title=David Slade Talks Twilight Saga: Eclipse; New TV Spot "Something New"|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> the third film in the ''Twilight'' film series.<ref name=Slade>{{cite press release |title=David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |publisher=[[Summit Entertainment]] |date=22 April 2009 |url=http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=111 |accessdate=22 April 2009 }}</ref>
He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of [[England]]. He would have 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 game ''[[Silent Hill]]'', for the English market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/david-slade/|title=David Slade - My First Shoot|website=Myfirstshoot.com|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> His first feature film, ''[[Hard Candy (film)|Hard Candy]]'', was released in 2005 by [[Lions Gate Entertainment]], who purchased the independent movie at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20562|title=Press Conference: Interviews with the Cast & Crew of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'|publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref> He went on to direct the vampire film ''[[30 Days of Night (film)|30 Days of Night]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36238/twilight-saga-eclipse-gets-a-new-editor-muse-dropped-soundtrack|title=Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gets a New Editor; Muse Dropped from Soundtrack|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> Slade directed ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37949/david-slade-talks-twilight-saga-eclipse-new-tv-spot-something-new|title=David Slade Talks Twilight Saga: Eclipse; New TV Spot "Something New"|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> the third film in the ''Twilight'' film series.<ref name=Slade>{{cite press release |title=David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |publisher=[[Summit Entertainment]] |date=22 April 2009 |url=http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=111 |access-date=22 April 2009 }}</ref>


In a [[Twitter]] post, Slade listed his favorite films as ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'', ''[[Wings of Desire]]'', ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', and ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DAVID_A_SLADE|author=DAVID A SLADE|number=176587265768824832|date=5 March 2012|title=ALL TIME top 5 "PERFORMANCE"Roeg/Cammell. "WINGS OF DESIRE" Wim Wenders. "2001/Clockwork Orange" Kubrick "POSSESSION" Zulawski No surprises}}</ref> Slade also attributes ''Performance'' as his main inspiration for becoming a film director.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DAVID_A_SLADE|author=DAVID A SLADE|number=176602128343777283|date=5 March 2012|title=@AussieBecka Nic Roeg/Donald Cammell's "Performance".}}</ref>
In a [[Twitter]] post, Slade listed his favorite films as ''[[Performance (film)|Performance]]'', ''[[Wings of Desire]]'', ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', and ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DAVID_A_SLADE|author=DAVID A SLADE|number=176587265768824832|date=5 March 2012|title=ALL TIME top 5 "PERFORMANCE"Roeg/Cammell. "WINGS OF DESIRE" Wim Wenders. "2001/Clockwork Orange" Kubrick "POSSESSION" Zulawski No surprises}}</ref> Slade also attributes ''Performance'' as his main inspiration for becoming a film director.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DAVID_A_SLADE|author=DAVID A SLADE|number=176602128343777283|date=5 March 2012|title=@AussieBecka Nic Roeg/Donald Cammell's "Performance".}}</ref>
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*''I Smell Quality'' (1994)
*''I Smell Quality'' (1994)
*''Do Geese See God?'' (2004)
*''Do Geese See God?'' (2004)
*''MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner'' (2008)<ref name="08pilots">{{cite web|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=23 July 2008|accessdate=14 August 2008|title=So Funny, It’s Scary: Hollywood’s Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905045847/http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx|archivedate=5 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*''MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner'' (2008)<ref name="08pilots">{{cite web|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=23 July 2008|access-date=14 August 2008|title=So Funny, It’s Scary: Hollywood’s Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall|url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905045847/http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx|archive-date=5 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===Television series===
===Television series===

Revision as of 21:43, 1 January 2021

David Slade
Slade at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 2010
Born (1969-09-26) 26 September 1969 (age 55)
United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1994–present

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, American Gods and Black Mirror. 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 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 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

Music videos

Short films

  • I Smell Quality (1994)
  • Do Geese See God? (2004)
  • MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner (2008)[8]

Television series

References

  1. ^ "David Slade - My First Shoot". Myfirstshoot.com. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Press Conference: Interviews with the Cast & Crew of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'". BloodyDisgusting.
  3. ^ "Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gets a New Editor; Muse Dropped from Soundtrack". DreadCentral.
  4. ^ "David Slade Talks Twilight Saga: Eclipse; New TV Spot "Something New"". DreadCentral.
  5. ^ "David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  6. ^ DAVID A SLADE [@DAVID_A_SLADE] (5 March 2012). "ALL TIME top 5 "PERFORMANCE"Roeg/Cammell. "WINGS OF DESIRE" Wim Wenders. "2001/Clockwork Orange" Kubrick "POSSESSION" Zulawski No surprises" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ DAVID A SLADE [@DAVID_A_SLADE] (5 March 2012). "@AussieBecka Nic Roeg/Donald Cammell's "Performance"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "So Funny, It's Scary: Hollywood's Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall". Microsoft. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.