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.

Directed

1. Suicide Squad (2016) — Director
2. Fury (2014) — Director
3. Bright (2017) — Director
4. The Beekeeper (2024) — Director
5. End of Watch (2012) — Director
6. A Working Man (2025) — Director
7. Street Kings (2008) — Director
8. Sabotage (2014) — Director
9. Harsh Times (2005) — Director
10. The Tax Collector (2020) — Director
11. Deputy (2020) — Director
12. Heart of the Beast (2026) — Director
13. The Dirty Dozen — Director
14. Six Years — Director
15. John Doe — Director

Also appeared in

1. Training Day (2001) — First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
2. Street Kings (2008) — NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
3. DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League (2016)
4. Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020) — Self
5. The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008) — Self
6. The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008) — Self
7. A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008) — Self
8. The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008) — Self
9. The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008) — Self