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David Slade
David Slade, 2007
Born	September 26, 1969 (1969-09-26) (age 40) United Kingdom
Occupation	Director
Years active	1994-Present

David Slade (born September 26 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.

Biography

His first feature film, Hard Candy, was released in 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment, who purchased the independent movie at the Sundance Film Festival. He went on to direct the vampire movie 30 Days of Night in 2007.^[1] Slade has been hired by Summit Entertainment to direct Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight film series.^[2] Slade will also direct the film adaption of the spanish novel Cold Skin.^[3]

Filmography

Music videos

• 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)^[4]

Feature films

• Hard Candy (2006)
• 30 Days of Night (2007)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010, post production)
• Cold Skin (TBA)^[5]
• The Shadow (2012, TBA)

References

External links

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