David Ayer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 18 January 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Ayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing 14
- 2026Heart of the Beast · director
- 2026John Doe · director
- 2026The Dirty Dozen · director
- 2026Six Years · director
- 2025A Working Man · director
- 2024The Beekeeper · director
- 2020The Tax Collector · director
- 2017Bright · director
- 2016Suicide Squad · director
- 2014Fury · director
- 2014Sabotage · director
- 2012End of Watch · director
- 2008Street Kings · director
- 2005Harsh Times · director
Production 16
- 2026Heart of the Beast · producer
- 2026The Dirty Dozen · producer
- 2026Six Years · 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
- 2019Ready for War · executive producer
- 2017Bright · producer
- 2014Fury · producer
- 2014Sabotage · producer
- 2012End of Watch · producer
- 2005Harsh Times · producer
- 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing · production consultant
- 2001Training Day · co-producer
Writing 15
- 2026The Dirty Dozen · screenplay
- 2026Six Years · writer
- 2025A Working Man · screenplay
- 2020The Tax Collector · screenplay
- 2017Bright · writer
- 2016Suicide Squad · writer
- 2014Fury · writer
- 2014Sabotage · writer
- 2012End of Watch · writer
- 2005Harsh Times · writer
- 2003S.W.A.T. · screenplay
- 2002Dark Blue · screenplay
- 2001Training Day · screenplay
- 2001The Fast and the Furious · screenplay
- 2000U-571 · screenplay
crew 2
- 2021The Suicide Squad · thanks
- 2001Training Day · stunts
Acting 9
- 2020Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008Street Kings as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
- 2001Training Day as First Russian Hitman (uncredited)