David Slade

David Slade
David Slade, 2007
Born	26 September 1969 (1969-09-26) (age 42) United Kingdom
Occupation	Director
Years active	1994–present

David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film director who began his career making music videos. His work includes videos for artists such as Aphex Twin, Rob Dougan, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, and Muse.

Life and career

His first feature film, Hard Candy, was released in 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment, who purchased the independent movie at the Sundance Film Festival.^[1] He went on to direct the vampire movie 30 Days of Night in 2007.^[2] Slade directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,^[3] the third film in the Twilight film series.^[4] Slade will be directing a reboot to the 2003 Superhero film Daredevil.^[5] It was rumoured Slade would be directing a remake of Stephen King's Christine however he has since denied any involvement with such a project.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Feature films

• Hard Candy (2005)
• 30 Days of Night (2007)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

Music videos

David Slade at the London premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

• Speedy J's "Symmetry" (computer animated video piece titled "Corpus Porpoise Posthumous Non Polhemus")
• Aphex Twin's "Donkey Rhubarb"
• LFO's "Tied Up"
• 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"

Short films

• I Smell Quality (1994)
• Do Geese See God? (2004)
• MEATDOG: What’s Fer Dinner (2008)^[6]

Television shows

• Breaking Bad, Season 4, Episode 3 – "Open House".
• Awake, Season 1, Episode 1 – "Pilot".^[7]

References

1. ^ "Press Conference: Interviews with the Cast & Crew of 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'". BloodyDisgusting. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20562. 
2. ^ "Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gets a New Editor; Muse Dropped from Soundtrack". DreadCentral. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36238/twilight-saga-eclipse-gets-a-new-editor-muse-dropped-soundtrack. 
3. ^ "David Slade Talks Twilight Saga: Eclipse; New TV Spot "Something New"". DreadCentral. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37949/david-slade-talks-twilight-saga-eclipse-new-tv-spot-something-new. 
4. ^ "David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. 22 April 2009. http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=111. Retrieved 22 April 2009. 
5. ^ "David Slade To Direct Fox's New 'Daredevil'". Deadline. http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/david-slade-is-set-to-direct-new-daredevil-for-fox/. 
6. ^ "So Funny, It’s Scary: Hollywood’s Top Horror Directors to Bring Original Comedy Pilots to Xbox 360 This Fall". Microsoft. 23 July 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-23ComicConXboxLivePR.mspx. Retrieved 14 August 2008. 
7. ^ "Awake: About". NBC. May 15, 2011. http://www.nbc.com/awake/about/. Retrieved May 15, 2011. 

External links

• David Slade at the Internet Movie Database
• David Slade at FEARnet

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Date of birth	26 September 1969
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