David Ayer
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David Ayer

Jan 18, 1968 - 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.

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Cast

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Movie2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice LeagueSelf
Movie2008Street KingsNLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
Movie2001Training DayFirst Russian Hitman (uncredited)
Movie2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
Movie2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
Movie2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
Movie2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
Movie2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
Movie2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceSelf

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Movie2008Street KingsDirectorDirecting
Movie2001Training DayScreenplayWriting
Movie2000U-571ScreenplayWriting
Movie2002Dark BlueScreenplayWriting
Movie2003S.W.A.T.ScreenplayWriting
Movie2005Harsh TimesProducerProduction
Movie2005Harsh TimesDirectorDirecting
Movie2001The Fast and the FuriousScreenplayWriting
Movie2012End of WatchDirectorDirecting
Movie2012End of WatchProducerProduction
Movie2012End of WatchScreenplayWriting
Movie2014SabotageDirectorDirecting
Movie2014FuryDirectorDirecting
Movie2014FuryWriterWriting
Movie2014SabotageWriterWriting
Movie2014SabotageProducerProduction
Movie2025A Working ManDirectorDirecting
Movie2025A Working ManProducerProduction
Movie2014FuryProducerProduction
Movie2021The Suicide SquadThanksCrew
Movie2024The BeekeeperDirectorDirecting
Movie2001Training DayCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2024BoscoExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2017BrightDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Suicide SquadWriterWriting
Movie2016Suicide SquadDirectorDirecting
Movie2017BrightWriterWriting
MovieN/AHeart of the BeastProducerProduction
MovieN/AHeart of the BeastDirectorDirecting
Movie2001Training DayStuntsCrew
Movie2017BrightProducerProduction
Movie2020The Tax CollectorScreenplayWriting
Movie2020The Tax CollectorDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Harsh TimesWriterWriting
Movie2019Ready for WarExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Executive ProducerProduction
MovieN/AThe Dirty DozenDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe Dirty DozenScreenplayWriting
MovieN/AThe Dirty DozenProducerProduction
MovieN/ASix YearsDirectorDirecting
MovieN/ASix YearsWriterWriting
MovieN/ASix YearsProducerProduction
Movie2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingProduction ConsultantProduction
Movie2023SnorkelingExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025A Working ManScreenplayWriting
Movie2024The BeekeeperProducerProduction
TV Show2020DeputyExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2020DeputyDirectorDirecting
TV Show2017Training DayScreenplayWriting