- Known for
- Directing
- Credits
- 52 films
- Born
- January 18, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
Directing
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.
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Known for
Acting 9
- 2020Joker: Put on a Happy Face · Self
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry · Self
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry · Self
- 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood · Self
- 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema · Self
- 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry · Self
- 2008
Production 15
- —The Dirty Dozen · Producer
- 2026Heart of the Beast · Producer
- 2025A Working Man · Producer
- 2024Bosco · Executive Producer
- 2024The Beekeeper · Producer
- 2023Snorkeling · Executive Producer
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) · Executive Producer
- 2019
Writing 14
- —The Dirty Dozen · Screenplay
- 2025A Working Man · Screenplay
- 2020The Tax Collector · Writer
- 2017Bright · Writer
- 2016Suicide Squad · Writer
- 2014Fury · Writer
- 2014Sabotage · Writer
- 2012End of Watch · Writer
Directing 12
- —The Dirty Dozen · Director
- 2026Heart of the Beast · Director
- 2025A Working Man · Director
- 2024The Beekeeper · Director
- 2020The Tax Collector · Director
- 2017Bright · Director
- 2016Suicide Squad · Director
- 2014Fury · Director
Crew 2
- 2021The Suicide Squad · Thanks
- 2001Training Day · Stunts
