Person
David Ayer
Directing · Born 1968-01-18 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
Biography
David Ayer (born January 18, 1968) is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include Training Day (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and S.W.A.T. (2003). He has also directed Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), Sabotage (2014), and The Beekeeper (2024). In 2016, he directed the superhero movie Suicide Squad from the DC Extended Universe and then the urban fantasy film Bright (2017) for Netflix. He has twice collaborated with actor Shia LaBeouf: first with the World War II drama Fury (2014), then the crime thriller The Tax Collector (2020). He has also collaborated with his friend Cle Shaheed Sloan, who has appeared in four of his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Ayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Fury
Director
A Working Man
Director
The Beekeeper
Director
The Suicide Squad
Thanks
Training Day
Screenplay
Suicide Squad
Writer
End of Watch
Director
U-571
Screenplay
Deputy
Executive Producer
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026Heart of the BeastProducer
- 2025A Working ManDirector
- 2024BoscoExecutive Producer
- 2024The BeekeeperDirector
- 2023SnorkelingExecutive Producer
- 2021The Suicide SquadThanks
- 2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceSelf
- 2020The Tax CollectorScreenplay
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Executive Producer
- 2020DeputyExecutive Producer
- 2019Ready for WarExecutive Producer
- 2017BrightDirector
- 2017Training DayScreenplay
- 2016Suicide SquadWriter
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
- 2014FuryDirector
- 2014SabotageDirector
- 2012End of WatchDirector
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
- 2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
- 2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008Street KingsNLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
- 2005Harsh TimesProducer
- 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingProduction Consultant
- 2003S.W.A.T.Screenplay
- 2002Dark BlueScreenplay
- 2001Training DayFirst Russian Hitman (uncredited)
- 2001The Fast and the FuriousScreenplay
- 2000U-571Screenplay
- —The Dirty DozenDirector
- —Six YearsDirector
- —John DoeDirector
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