Born 1968 (age 58) · Champaign, Illinois, USA
Appears in 34 titles

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.

Filmography

Suicide Squad
5.9
Suicide Squad
2016
Director
Fury
7.5
Fury
2014
Director
Bright
6.2
Bright
2017
Director
The Beekeeper
7.2
The Beekeeper
2024
Director
End of Watch
7.3
End of Watch
2012
Director
A Working Man
6.7
A Working Man
2025
Director
Street Kings
6.6
Street Kings
2008
Director
Sabotage
5.6
Sabotage
2014
Director
Harsh Times
6.5
Harsh Times
2005
Director
The Tax Collector
5.7
The Tax Collector
2020
Director
Heart of the Beast
Heart of the Beast
2026
Director
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
Director
Six Years
Director
John Doe
Director