David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor. His works include the films ''

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'' and '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. Slade is also a director for television, directing episodes for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Crossbones'', '' Powers'', ''

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'' 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

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. 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. His first feature film, ''

'', was released in 2005 by

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, who purchased the independent movie at the

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. He went on to direct the vampire film ''

'' in 2007. Slade directed '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'', the third film in the ''Twilight'' film series. In a

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post, Slade listed his favorite films as ''

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'', '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''

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'', and '' Possession''. Slade also attributes ''Performance'' as his main inspiration for becoming a film director.

Filmography

Feature films

* ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007) * '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' (2010) * '' Nightmare Cinema'' (2018) (segment: ''This Way to Egress'') * '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018) * '' Dark Harvest'' (TBA)

Music videos

* Scheer's "Wish You Were Dead" * Beaumont Hannant's "Utuba" * DJ Hooligan's "Rave Nation" * Speedy J's "Symmetry" (

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video piece titled "Corpus Porpoise Posthumous Non Polhemus") * EMF's "Bleeding You Dry" *

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's " Donkey Rhubarb" *

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's "Eat My Goal" * LFO's "Tied Up" *

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's "Sugar Is Sweeter" * Babybird's "If You'll Be Mine" *

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's "Good to Be Alive" (original UK version) * 3 Colours Red's " Beautiful Day" * Apollo 440's " Stop the Rock" * Stone Temple Pilots' "

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" * OPM's " Heaven Is a Halfpipe" * Maxim's "Carmen Queasy" * P.O.D.'s "School of Hard Knocks" * Stereophonics' " Mr. Writer" *

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's " New Born" * Muse's " Bliss" * Muse's " Hyper Music" * Muse's "

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" *

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' " Strange Little Girl" * David Gray's " This Year's Love" * System of a Down's " Aerials" * The Music's "Take the Long Road and Walk It" * Rob Dougan's " Clubbed to Death" * Starsailor's "

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" * AFI's "

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" * Turin Brakes' "

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' "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)

Television series

* ''

'' ** Episode 4.03 – " Open House" * ''

'' ** Episode 1.01 – " Pilot" * ''

'' ** 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" * ''

'' ** Episode 1.01 – "The Bone Orchard" ** Episode 1.02 – "The Secret of Spoons" ** Episode 1.03 – "Head Full of Snow" * '' Black Mirror'' ** Episode 4.05 – " Metalhead" ** '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018) * ''

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'' ** Episode 1.01 "New France" ** Episode 1.02 "The Turtle King"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, David 1969 births Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University British film directors British music video directors Horror film directors Living people