David Ayer

director • writer • producer

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 in Champaign, Illinois, USA (age 57)

Movies & TV Credits

35 total credits across film and television

TitleJobYear
Directing
2025
Directing
2024
Bosco

Movie

Production
2024
Production
2023
Crew
2021
Actor
2020
Writing
2020
Production
2020
Deputy

TV Show

Production
2020
Production
2019
Bright

Movie

Directing
2017
Writing
2017
Actor
2016
Directing
2016
Fury

Movie

Directing
2014
Directing
2014
Writing
2012
Actor
2008
Actor
2008
Actor
2008
Actor
2008
Actor
2008
Actor
2008
Directing
2008
Directing
2005
Production
2004
Writing
2003
Writing
2002
Actor
2001
Writing
2001
Writing
2001
U-571

Movie

Writing
2000
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