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David Ayer

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 18, 1968 (57 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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Known For

  • Suicide Squad
  • Fury
  • Training Day
  • The Fast and the Furious
  • End of Watch
  • The Beekeeper
  • Street Kings
  • Bright
  • U-571
  • S.W.A.T.
  • Harsh Times
  • Sabotage
  • A Working Man
  • Dark Blue
  • The Tax Collector
  • Deputy
  • Bosco

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    Filmography

    2025
    A Working Man · as Screenplay
    2020
    The Tax Collector · as Screenplay
    2017
    2017
    Training Day (TV Series) · as Screenplay
    2016
    2014
    2014
    2012
    End of Watch · as Screenplay
    2005
    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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