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David Ayer
David Ayer’s screen credits include director work on Fury, director work on Heart of the Beast, and director work on Suicide Squad.
Born January 18, 1968 Champaign, Illinois, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2028John DoeDirectorUpcoming
- 2025A Working ManDirector · Producer · Writer
- 2024BoscoProducer
- 2024The BeekeeperDirector · Producer
- 2023SnorkelingProducer
- 2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceSelf
- 2020The Tax CollectorWriter · Director
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Producer
- 2019Ready for WarProducer
- 2017BrightDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice LeagueActor
- 2014SabotageDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2012End of WatchDirector · Producer · Writer
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
- 2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
- 2008Street KingsDirector · NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
- 2005Harsh TimesProducer · Director · Writer
- 2003S.W.A.T.Writer
- 2002Dark BlueWriter
- 2001Training DayWriter · Producer · First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
- 2001The Fast and the FuriousWriter
- 2000U-571Writer
- Six YearsDirector · Writer · Producer
- The Dirty DozenDirector · Writer · Producer
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