David Ayer
Born: 1968-01-18 in Champaign, Illinois, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- A Working Man ... (Director)
2024
- The Beekeeper ... (Director)
- Bosco ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Snorkeling ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- The Suicide Squad ... (Thanks)
2020
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) ... (Executive Producer)
- The Tax Collector ... (Screenplay)
- Deputy ... (Executive Producer)
- Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
2019
- Ready for War ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Training Day ... (Screenplay)
- Bright ... (Director)
2016
- Suicide Squad ... (Writer)
- DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League as Self
2012
- End of Watch ... (Director)
2008
- Street Kings as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
2005
- Harsh Times ... (Producer)
2004
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing ... (Production Consultant)
2003
- S.W.A.T. ... (Screenplay)
2002
- Dark Blue ... (Screenplay)
2001
- Training Day as First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
- The Fast and the Furious ... (Screenplay)
2000
- U-571 ... (Screenplay)