David Ayer
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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- 2020 · Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
- 2016 · DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League as Self
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008 · Street Kings as NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
- 2001 · Training Day as First Russian Hitman (uncredited)