David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor.

Slade is also a director for television, directing episodes for Breaking Bad, Awake, Hannibal, Crossbones, Powers, American Gods and Black Mirror.

He started his career making amateur music videos for local bands in the south of England.

His first professional job was directing a commercial for the video game Silent Hill, for the English market.

[5] In a Twitter post, Slade listed his favorite films as Performance, Wings of Desire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Possession.