David Slade Biography

Fast Facts

• Won two Catalonian International Film Festival Awards for Best Film and Audience Award for "Hard Candy" in 2005
• Was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for "Hard Candy" in 2006
• Won two awards for "Hard Candy" at the 2006 Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema, the award for Best Director and the Youth Jury Award
• The film "Performance" inspired him to become a film director
• Directed the music video for the Stone Temple Pilots' song "Sour Girl" in 2000
• Quote: "(On why vampires are popular): "What Stephanie [Meyer] had done was so cleverly package all that is so dangerous and slightly sexy [about vampires] into this purity, and then surrounded it with family and made it lovable and acceptable․""
• Is also the director and executive producer of the TV series "Hannibal․"
• Best known as the director of "Hard Candy," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," and "30 Days of Night․"
• Cited his favorite films as "Performance," "Wings of Desire," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Possession․"
• Was included in a 2004 article by Goro Asakuma called "The Unknown Filmmakers on the Rise!"