David Ayer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-01-18 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Champaign, Illinois, USA

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...

Production

2008

Street Kings

as Director

2001

Training Day

as Screenplay

2000

U-571

as Screenplay

2002

Dark Blue

as Screenplay

2003

S.W.A.T.

as Screenplay

2005

Harsh Times

as Director

2005

Harsh Times

as Producer

2001

2012

End of Watch

as Director

2012

End of Watch

as Screenplay

2012

End of Watch

as Producer

2014

Sabotage

as Director

2014

Fury

as Director

2014

Fury

as Writer

2014

Sabotage

as Producer

2014

Sabotage

as Writer

2025

A Working Man

as Director

2025

A Working Man

as Producer

2014

Fury

as Producer

2021

2024

The Beekeeper

as Director

2001

Training Day

as Co-Producer

2024

Bosco

as Executive Producer

2017

Bright

as Director

2016

Suicide Squad

as Writer

2016

Suicide Squad

as Director

2017

Bright

as Writer

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2001

Training Day

as Stunts

2017

Bright

as Producer

2020

The Tax Collector

as Screenplay

2020

2005

Harsh Times

as Writer

2019

Ready for War

as Executive Producer

-

The Dirty Dozen

as Director

-

The Dirty Dozen

as Screenplay

-

The Dirty Dozen

as Producer

-

Six Years

as Director

-

Six Years

as Writer

-

Six Years

as Producer

2023

Snorkeling

as Executive Producer

2025

A Working Man

as Screenplay

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