Directing
David Ayer
Born January 18, 1968 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for
5.9 TMDB
Suicide Squad
Writer, Director
7.5 TMDB
Fury
Director, Writer, Producer
7.0 TMDB
The Fast and the Furious
Screenplay
6.9 TMDB
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Executive Producer
7.4 TMDB
The Suicide Squad
Thanks
7.5 TMDB
Training Day
First Russian Hitman (uncredited), Screenplay, Co-Producer, Stunts
6.2 TMDB
Bright
Director, Writer, Producer
7.3 TMDB
The Beekeeper
Director, Producer
7.4 TMDB
End of Watch
Producer, Director, Writer
6.2 TMDB
S.W.A.T.
Screenplay
6.7 TMDB
A Working Man
Director, Producer, Screenplay
6.7 TMDB
Street Kings
NLR member in County Jail (uncredited), Director
5.6 TMDB
Sabotage
Director, Writer, Producer
6.6 TMDB
U-571
Screenplay
6.4 TMDB
Harsh Times
Director, Producer, Writer
5.7 TMDB
The Tax Collector
Director, Screenplay
6.2 TMDB
Dark Blue
Screenplay
7.4 TMDB
Heart of the Beast
Director, Producer
7.0 TMDB
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Production Consultant
6.8 TMDB
Deputy
Executive Producer, Director
Filmography
- 2028John DoeDirectorMovie
- 2026Heart of the BeastDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2025A Working ManDirector, Producer, ScreenplayMovie
- 2024BoscoExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2024The BeekeeperDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2023SnorkelingExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2021The Suicide SquadThanksMovie
- 2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceSelfMovie
- 2020The Tax CollectorDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Executive ProducerMovie
- 2020DeputyExecutive Producer, DirectorSeries
- 2019Ready for WarExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2017BrightDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 2017Training DayScreenplaySeries
- 2016Suicide SquadWriter, DirectorMovie
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice LeagueMovie
- 2014FuryDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 2014SabotageDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 2012End of WatchProducer, Director, WriterMovie
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelfMovie
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelfMovie
- 2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelfMovie
- 2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelfMovie
- 2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelfMovie
- 2008Street KingsNLR member in County Jail (uncredited), DirectorMovie
- 2005Harsh TimesDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
- 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingProduction ConsultantMovie
- 2003S.W.A.T.ScreenplayMovie
- 2002Dark BlueScreenplayMovie
- 2001Training DayFirst Russian Hitman (uncredited), Screenplay, Co-Producer, StuntsMovie
- 2001The Fast and the FuriousScreenplayMovie
- 2000U-571ScreenplayMovie
- —Training Day: Crossing the LineMovie
- —The Dirty DozenScreenplay, Producer, DirectorMovie
- —Six YearsWriter, Producer, DirectorMovie