Directing • AGE 58
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 (20...


Heart of the Beast
Director
2026

A Working Man
Director
2025

Bosco
Executive Producer
2024

The Beekeeper
Director
2024

Snorkeling
Executive Producer
2023

The Suicide Squad
Thanks
2021

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
2020

The Tax Collector
Director
2020

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Executive Producer
2020

Deputy
Executive Producer
2020

Ready for War
Executive Producer
2019

Bright
Director
2017

Training Day
Screenplay
2017

Suicide Squad
Writer
2016

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016

Fury
Director
2014

Sabotage
Director
2014

End of Watch
Screenplay
2012

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008

The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

Street Kings
NLR member in County Jail (uncredited)
2008

Harsh Times
Director
2005

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Production Consultant
2004

S.W.A.T.
Screenplay
2003

Dark Blue
Screenplay
2002

Training Day
First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
2001

The Fast and the Furious
Screenplay
2001

U-571
Screenplay
2000

The Dirty Dozen
Screenplay