David Ayer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 18, 1968, Champaign, Illinois, USA
- Movies
- 26
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.
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Upcoming David Ayer Movies
John Doe
2028
January 14, 2028
The Dirty Dozen
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | Joker: Put on a Happy Face | Self |
| 2016 | DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | |
| 2008 | The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self |
| 2008 | A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry | Self |
| 2008 | The Evolution of Clint Eastwood | Self |
| 2008 | The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self |
| 2008 | The Craft of Dirty Harry | Self |
| 2008 | Street Kings | NLR member in County Jail (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Training Day | First Russian Hitman (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2028 | John Doe | Director |
| 2026 | Heart of the Beast | Director, Producer |
| 2025 | A Working Man | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2024 | The Beekeeper | Director, Producer |
| 2020 | The Tax Collector | Director, Screenplay |
| 2017 | Bright | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Writer, Director |
| 2014 | Fury | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2014 | Sabotage | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2012 | End of Watch | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 2008 | Street Kings | Director |
| 2005 | Harsh Times | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. | Screenplay |
| 2002 | Dark Blue | Screenplay |
| 2001 | Training Day | Screenplay |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | Screenplay |
| 2000 | U-571 | Screenplay |
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