Director
David Ayer
58 years · Champaign, Illinois, USA · 25 films
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.
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Heart of the Beast
2026 · Producer, Director
A Working Man
2025 · Director, Producer
On Philo
The Beekeeper
2024 · Director, Producer
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Self
The Tax Collector
2020 · Screenplay, Director
Bright
2017 · Director, Writer
On Netflix
Suicide Squad
2016 · Writer, Director
On HBO Max
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016 · Actor
Fury
2014 · Director, Writer
On Apple TV
Sabotage
2014 · Director, Writer
On VIX
End of Watch
2012 · Director, Producer
On Plex
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
Street Kings
2008 · NLR member in County Jail (uncredited), Director
On Tubi TV
Harsh Times
2005 · Producer, Director
On Tubi TV
S.W.A.T.
2003 · Screenplay
On YouTube TV
Dark Blue
2002 · Screenplay
On Tubi TV
Training Day
2001 · First Russian Hitman (uncredited), Screenplay
On TNT
The Fast and the Furious
2001 · Screenplay
On Netflix
U-571
2000 · Screenplay