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==Life and career==
==Life and career==
[[File:David Slade 2014 Comic Con 1.jpg|thumb|Slade at 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]|left]]
[[File:David slade eclipse premiere.jpg|thumb|Slade at the London premiere of ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'', 2010]]
He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of [[England]]. 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 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>
He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of [[England]]. 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 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>



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David Slade
Slade at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
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

Slade at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 2010

He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of England. 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 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.