David Ayer

Writer | Producer | Director

David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in ...

Born: January 18, 1968

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Filmography

Known For

End of Watch Writer (2012)
Sabotage Writer (2014)
Suicide Squad Writer (2016)
Known For

Harsh Times Writer (2005)
Director

The Tax Collector (2020)
Deputy (2020)
Bright (2017)
Machine Gun Kelly feat. X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha: Home (2017)
Suicide Squad (2016)
Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and X Ambassadors: Sucker for Pain (2016)
Sabotage: Deleted Scenes (2014)
Sabotage: Alternate Endings: (2014)
Fury (2014)
Sabotage (2014)
End of Watch (2012)
LCD Soundsystem: Pow Pow (2010)
Street Kings (2008)
Director

Harsh Times (2005)
Writer

The Tax Collector (2020)
The Fast and the Furious: Underground (2019)
Training Day (2017)
Suicide Squad (2016)
Fury (2014)
Sabotage (2014)
End of Watch (2012)
Harsh Times (2005)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Dark Blue (2002)
Training Day (2001)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Writer

U-571 (2000)
Producer

The Tax Collector (2020)
Deputy (2020)
Birds of Prey (2020)
Ready for War (2019)
Bright (2017)
Fury (2014)
Sabotage (2014)
End of Watch (2012)
Harsh Times (2005)
Producer

Training Day (2001)
Actor

Suicide Squad Belle Reve Security Guard (Extended Edition) (2016)
Street Kings NLR member in County Jail (2008)
Actor

Training Day First Russian Hitman (2001)
Script and Continuity Department

Taking Lives (2004)
Camera and Electrical Department

HBO First Look (2008)
Stunts

Training Day (2001)

Videos

Awards

5 nominations.

Did You Know

His movies often reference the US Military (The US Navy in U-571 (2000), Christian Bale's character Jim Davis was a former US Army Ranger who served in the Gulf War in Harsh Times (2005), Jake Gyllenhaal's character Brian Taylor is a former US ...

Quotes

[on editing] And that's one of the toughest things about writing, shooting, and directing a film, is you end up with these orphans and you fucking love them and you think they'd be amazing scenes and do these amazing things but the film is a ...