David Slade

Birth Name:

David Slade

Birth Place:

United Kingdom

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer

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!"

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