
Director · Screenplay · Writer · Actor · 20 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.
6Heart of the Beast
2026
Director

A Working Man
2025
Director · Screenplay
7The Beekeeper
2024
Director

The Tax Collector
2020
Director · Screenplay

Bright
2017
Director · Writer
2Suicide Squad
2016
Writer · Director

Fury
2014
Director · Writer

Sabotage
2014
Director · Writer

End of Watch
2012
Director · Writer

Street Kings
2008
NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)

Harsh Times
2005
Director · Writer

S.W.A.T.
2003
Screenplay

Dark Blue
2002
Screenplay

Training Day
2001
First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
8The Fast and the Furious
2001
Screenplay

U-571
2000
Screenplay

The Dirty Dozen
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Screenplay · Director