David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 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.
In the 23rd century, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced out of retirement by his publisher to make good on his publishing deal, forcing him to leave his self-imposed mountain exile and return to the urban sprawl of The City to work as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word.
With the help of his "filthy assistants" Yelena Rossini and Channon Yarrow, Spider uses his subversive brand of journalism to attack the injustices of the corrupt, surreal landscape of his dystopian world.
