Directing
David Ayer
EN cinema · 33 credits
Born
18 January 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Champaign, Illinois, USA
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
The Dirty Dozen
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Six Years
Six Years
Writer, Producer, Director
Heart of the Beast
Director, Producer
A Working Man
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Beekeeper
Director, Producer
Bosco
Executive Producer
Snorkeling
Executive Producer
The Tax Collector
Director, Writer
Ready for War
Executive Producer
Bright
Director, Writer, Producer
Suicide Squad
Writer, Director
Sabotage
Director, Writer, Producer
Fury
Director, Writer, Producer
End of Watch
Producer, Director, Writer
Street Kings
as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited), Director
Harsh Times
Director, Producer, Writer
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Production Consultant
S.W.A.T.
Screenplay
Dark Blue
Screenplay
Training Day
as First Russian Hitman (uncredited), Co-Producer, Stunts, Writer
The Fast and the Furious
Screenplay
U-571
Screenplay