
David Ayer
Directing
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.
Born: January 18, 1968 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
Filmography (24)

A Working Man
2025

Bosco
2024

The Beekeeper
2024

The Suicide Squad
2021

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020

The Tax Collector
2020

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020

Deputy
2020

Ready for War
2019

Bright
2017

Training Day
2017

Suicide Squad
2016

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016

Fury
2014

Sabotage
2014

End of Watch
2012

Street Kings
2008

Harsh Times
2005

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004

S.W.A.T.
2003

Dark Blue
2002

Training Day
2001

The Fast and the Furious
2001

U-571
2000
