David Ayer
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
January 18, 1968 (58 years)
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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Filmography
| 2025 | A Working Man · as Screenplay |
| 2020 | The Tax Collector · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 2017 | Training Day · as Screenplay |
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| 2014 | |
| 2014 | SabotageOn Plex |
| 2012 | End of WatchOn Plex |
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| 2003 | S.W.A.T. · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | Dark Blue · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Training Day · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | U-571 · as Screenplay |
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| 2020 | The Tax CollectorOn Plex |
| 2020 | DeputyOn Plex |
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| 2014 | SabotageOn Plex |
| 2012 | End of WatchOn Plex |
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| 2024 | Bosco · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | Snorkeling · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Tax CollectorOn Plex |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Deputy · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2019 | Ready for War · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | |
| 2014 | SabotageOn Plex |
| 2012 | End of WatchOn Plex |
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| 2001 | Training Day · as Co-Producer |
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| 2008 | Street Kings · as Nlr Member In County Jail (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Training Day · as First Russian Hitman (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Joker: Put on A Happy Face · as Self |
| 2016 | Task Force X: One Team, One Mission · as Self |
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| 2016 | Suicide Squad: Chasing the Real · as Self |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad: Armed to the Teeth · as Self |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad Strength and Speed · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Fury: Blood Brothers · as Self |
| 2015 | Fury: Director's Combat Journal · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Noite with Danilo Gentili · as Self |
| 2014 | Kino+ · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Janela Indiscreta · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2005 | Precinct Hollywood · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self - Director, Fury |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing · as Production Consultant |