David Ayer

Biography

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

Training Day

as First Russian Hitman (uncredited)

Street Kings

as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League

as Self

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

as Self

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

as Self

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

as Self

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

as Self

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

as Self

The Craft of Dirty Harry

as Self