As Director, As Writer
A Working Man
2025
6.7
David Ayer
Acting
Birth Date
January 18, 1968
Place of Birth
Champaign, Illinois, USA
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
The Beekeeper
2024
7.3
As Director, As Writer
The Tax Collector
2020
5.6
As Director, As Writer
Bright
2017
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Suicide Squad
2016
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Fury
2014
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Sabotage
2014
5.6
As Director, As Writer
End of Watch
2012
7.4
As Actor
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
8.0
As Director
Street Kings
2008
6.6
As Director, As Writer
Harsh Times
2005
6.4
As Writer
S.W.A.T.
2003
6.2
As Writer
Dark Blue
2002
6.3
As Writer
Training Day
2001
7.5
As Writer
The Fast and the Furious
2001
7.0
As Writer
U-571
2000
6.5