# David Slade

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{{short description|British film and television director}}
{{for|the co-owner of A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers|David Slade (businessman)}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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| name               = David Slade
| image              = David Slade 2014 Comic Con 1.jpg
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| caption            = Slade at the 2014 [San Diego Comic-Con](/source/San_Diego_Comic-Con)
| birth_name         = David Aldrin Slade
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|09|26}}
| birth_place        = United Kingdom
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} Death date then birth -->
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| occupation         = Actor, director
| years_active       = 1994–present
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}}

'''David Aldrin Slade''' (born 26 September 1969) is an English film and television director and actor. His works include the films ''[Hard Candy](/source/Hard_Candy_(film))'', ''[30 Days of Night](/source/30_Days_of_Night_(film))'' and ''[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse](/source/The_Twilight_Saga%3A_Eclipse)''. Slade is also a director for television, directing episodes for ''[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)'', ''[Awake](/source/Awake_(TV_series))'', ''[Hannibal](/source/Hannibal_(TV_series))'', ''[Crossbones](/source/Crossbones_(TV_series))'', ''[Powers](/source/Powers_(American_TV_series))'', ''[American Gods](/source/American_Gods_(TV_series))'' and ''[Black Mirror](/source/Black_Mirror)''. Before he was a film director, Slade was a director of commercials and music videos.

==Career==
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](/source/Silent_Hill_(video_game))'', 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](/source/Hard_Candy_(film))'', was released in 2005 by [Lions Gate Entertainment](/source/Lionsgate_Films), who purchased the independent movie at the [Sundance Film Festival](/source/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'|date=14 June 2010|publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref> He went on to direct the vampire film ''[30 Days of Night](/source/30_Days_of_Night_(film))'' 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|date=9 August 2012|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> Slade directed ''[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse](/source/The_Twilight_Saga%3A_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"|date=10 June 2010|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](/source/Summit_Entertainment) |date=22 April 2009 |url=http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=111 |access-date=22 April 2009 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Slade listed his favourite films as ''[Performance](/source/Performance_(film))'', ''[Wings of Desire](/source/Wings_of_Desire)'', ''[2001: A Space Odyssey](/source/2001%3A_A_Space_Odyssey_(film))'', ''[A Clockwork Orange](/source/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film))'', and ''[Possession](/source/Possession_(1981_film))''.<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> He 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>

==Filmography==
===Feature films===
* ''[Hard Candy](/source/Hard_Candy_(film))'' (2005)
* ''[30 Days of Night](/source/30_Days_of_Night_(film))'' (2007)
* ''[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse](/source/The_Twilight_Saga%3A_Eclipse)'' (2010)
* ''[Nightmare Cinema](/source/Nightmare_Cinema)'' (2018) (segment: ''This Way to Egress'')
* ''[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch](/source/Black_Mirror%3A_Bandersnatch)'' (2018)
* ''[Dark Harvest](/source/Dark_Harvest_(2023_film))'' (2023)
* ''[Legacy](/source/Legacy_(upcoming_film))'' (TBA)

===Music videos===
* [Scheer](/source/Scheer_(band))'s "Wish You Were Dead"
* [Beaumont Hannant](/source/Beaumont_Hannant)'s "Utuba"
* [DJ Hooligan](/source/Da_Hool)'s "Rave Nation"
* [Speedy J](/source/Speedy_J)'s "Symmetry" (animated video piece titled "Corpus Porpoise Posthumous Non Polhemus")
* [EMF](/source/EMF_(band))'s "Bleeding You Dry"
* [Aphex Twin](/source/Aphex_Twin)'s "[Donkey Rhubarb](/source/Donkey_Rhubarb_(EP))"
* [Collapsed Lung](/source/Collapsed_Lung_(band))'s "Eat My Goal"
* [LFO](/source/LFO_(British_band))'s "Tied Up"
* [C. J. Bolland](/source/C._J._Bolland)'s "Sugar Is Sweeter"
* [Babybird](/source/Babybird)'s "If You'll Be Mine"
* [DJ Rap](/source/DJ_Rap)'s "Good to Be Alive" (original UK version)
* [3 Colours Red](/source/3_Colours_Red)'s "[Beautiful Day](/source/Beautiful_Day_(3_Colours_Red_song))"
* [Apollo 440](/source/Apollo_440)'s "[Stop the Rock](/source/Stop_the_Rock)"
* [Stone Temple Pilots](/source/Stone_Temple_Pilots)' "[Sour Girl](/source/Sour_Girl)"
* [OPM](/source/OPM_(band))'s "[Heaven Is a Halfpipe](/source/Heaven_Is_a_Halfpipe)"
* [Maxim](/source/Maxim_(musician))'s "Carmen Queasy"
* [P.O.D.](/source/P.O.D.)'s "School of Hard Knocks"
* [Stereophonics](/source/Stereophonics)' "[Mr. Writer](/source/Mr._Writer)"
* [Muse](/source/Muse_(band))'s "[New Born](/source/New_Born)"
* Muse's "[Bliss](/source/Bliss_(Muse_song))"
* Muse's "[Hyper Music](/source/Hyper_Music%2FFeeling_Good)"
* Muse's "[Feeling Good](/source/Hyper_Music%2FFeeling_Good)"
* [Tori Amos](/source/Tori_Amos)' "[Strange Little Girl](/source/Strange_Little_Girl)"
* [David Gray](/source/David_Gray_(British_musician))'s "[This Year's Love](/source/This_Year's_Love_(song))"
* [System of a Down](/source/System_of_a_Down)'s "[Aerials](/source/Aerials_(song))"
* [The Music](/source/The_Music)'s "Take the Long Road and Walk It"
* [Rob Dougan](/source/Rob_Dougan)'s "[Clubbed to Death](/source/Clubbed_to_Death_(instrumental))"
* [Starsailor](/source/Starsailor_(band))'s "[Poor Misguided Fool](/source/Poor_Misguided_Fool)"
* [AFI](/source/AFI_(band))'s "[Girl's Not Grey](/source/Girl's_Not_Grey)"
* [Turin Brakes](/source/Turin_Brakes)' "[Pain Killer](/source/Pain_Killer_(Turin_Brakes_song))"
* [The Killers](/source/The_Killers)' "[Goodnight, Travel Well](/source/Goodnight%2C_Travel_Well)" for UNICEF in conjunction with MTV EXIT

===Short films===
*''I Smell Quality'' (1994)
*''[Do Geese See God?](/source/Do_Geese_See_God%3F)'' (2004)
*''MEATDOG: What's Fer Dinner'' (2008)<ref name="08pilots">{{cite web|publisher=[Microsoft](/source/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}}</ref>

===Television series===
* ''[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)''
** Episode 4.03 – "[Open House](/source/Open_House_(Breaking_Bad))"
* ''[Awake](/source/Awake_(TV_series))''
** Episode 1.01 – "[Pilot](/source/Pilot_(Awake))"
* ''[Hannibal](/source/Hannibal_(TV_series))''
** Episode 1.01 – "[Apéritif](/source/Ap%C3%A9ritif_(Hannibal))" 
** Episode 1.03 – "[Potage](/source/Potage_(Hannibal))" 
** Episode 1.13 – "[Savoureux](/source/Savoureux_(Hannibal))"
** Episode 2.11 – "[Kō No Mono](/source/K%C5%8D_No_Mono)"
** Episode 2.13 – "[Mizumono](/source/Mizumono_(Hannibal))"
* ''[Crossbones](/source/Crossbones_(TV_series))''
** Episode 1.01 – "The Devil's Dominion"
* ''[Powers](/source/Powers_(American_TV_series))''
** Episode 1.01 – "Pilot"
** Episode 1.02 – "Like a Power"
* ''[American Gods](/source/American_Gods_(TV_series))''
** Episode 1.01 – "The Bone Orchard"
** Episode 1.02 – "The Secret of Spoons"
** Episode 1.03 – "Head Full of Snow"
* ''[Black Mirror](/source/Black_Mirror)''
** Episode 4.05 – "[Metalhead](/source/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror))"
** ''[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch](/source/Black_Mirror%3A_Bandersnatch)'' (2018)
** Episode 7.04 – "[Plaything](/source/Plaything_(Black_Mirror))"
* ''[Barkskins](/source/Barkskins_(TV_series))'' 
** Episode 1.01 "New France"
** Episode 1.02 "The Turtle King"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1720541}}

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