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Born January 18, 1968 in Champaign, Illinois, USA
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.

Heart of the Beast

The Dirty Dozen

A Working Man

Bosco

The Beekeeper

Snorkeling

The Suicide Squad

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self

The Tax Collector

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Deputy

Ready for War

Bright

Training Day

Suicide Squad

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League

Fury

Sabotage

End of Watch

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self

The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self

Street Kings
NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)

Harsh Times

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

S.W.A.T.

Dark Blue

Training Day
First Russian Hitman (uncredited)

The Fast and the Furious

U-571