- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 18, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
David Ayer
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.
Filmography
movieHeart of the Beast
2026 · Producer, Director
movieA Working Man
2025 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieBosco
2024 · Executive Producer
movieThe Beekeeper
2024 · Director, Producer
movieSnorkeling
2023 · Executive Producer
movieThe Suicide Squad
2021 · Thanks
movieJoker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Self
movieThe Tax Collector
2020 · Screenplay, Director
movieBirds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Executive Producer
tvDeputy
2020 · Executive Producer, Director
movieReady for War
2019 · Executive Producer
movieBright
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
tvTraining Day
2017 · Screenplay
movieSuicide Squad
2016 · Writer, Director
movieDC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
movieFury
2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieSabotage
2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieEnd of Watch
2012 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieA Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieThe Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Self
movieThe Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Self
movieThe Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieStreet Kings
2008 · NLR member in County Jail (uncredited), Director
movieHarsh Times
2005 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Production Consultant
movieS.W.A.T.
2003 · Screenplay
movieDark Blue
2002 · Screenplay
movieTraining Day
2001 · First Russian Hitman (uncredited), Screenplay, Co-Producer, Stunts
movieThe Fast and the Furious
2001 · Screenplay
movieU-571
2000 · Screenplay
movieThe Dirty Dozen
— · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Six Years
movieSix Years
— · Director, Writer, Producer
John Doe
movieJohn Doe
— · Director