
David Ayer
Known for directing · Born 18 January 1968 · 58 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
36 credits
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

Suicide Squad
2016

Fury
2014

Bright
2017

The Beekeeper
2024

End of Watch
2012

The Fast and the Furious
2001

A Working Man
2025

Training Day
2001

Street Kings
2008

Sabotage
2014

S.W.A.T.
2003

Harsh Times
2005