Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 18, 1968
Place of Birth
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Credits
34 titles
David Ayer
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
Filmography
Heart of the Beast
Producer
A Working Man
Director
Bosco
Executive Producer
The Beekeeper
Director
Snorkeling
Executive Producer
The Suicide Squad
Thanks
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
The Tax Collector
Screenplay
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Executive Producer
Deputy
Executive Producer
Ready for War
Executive Producer
Bright
Director
Training Day
Screenplay
Suicide Squad
Writer
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Fury
Director
Sabotage
Director
End of Watch
Director
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
Street Kings
NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
Harsh Times
Producer
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Production Consultant
S.W.A.T.
Screenplay
Dark Blue
Screenplay
Training Day
First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
The Fast and the Furious
Screenplay
U-571
Screenplay
John Doe
Director
Six Years
Director
The Dirty Dozen
Director