He attended the University of Durham, graduating with a degree in East Asian Studies in mid-2004.
He has lived in China since 2004, first in Anhui province and then in Beijing. In 2011, he wrote and directed the award-winning documentary Sky Ghosts. He is also the writer and director of Red Son and Tracks.
Cade came to China in late 2004, moving to the small city of Lu"an in western Anhui province.
Following its early 2013 release, Cade and his crew began work on their third feature Tracks. Filmed on location in Sichuan province, Tracks documents the lives of wild and captive pandas over the course of a year.
lieutenant was released in China in December 2014.