David Ayer

12 films directed

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.

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Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 502 mi Total budget from 10 film(s) with data
US$ 1.4 bi Total box office from 9 film(s) with data
US$ 50 mi Average budget from 10 film(s) with data
US$ 152 mi Average box office from 9 film(s) with data
6.5 Average rating from 10 film(s) with data
3.3× Return on investment from 9 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
John Doe	2028	—	—	—
Heart of the Beast	2026	—	—	—
A Working Man	2025	US$ 40 mi	US$ 89 mi	6.7
The Beekeeper	2024	US$ 35 mi	US$ 163 mi	7.3
The Tax Collector	2020	US$ 30 mi	US$ 942,666	5.7
Bright	2017	US$ 90 mi	—	6.2
Suicide Squad	2016	US$ 175 mi	US$ 749 mi	5.9
Fury	2014	US$ 68 mi	US$ 212 mi	7.5
Sabotage	2014	US$ 35 mi	US$ 22 mi	5.6
End of Watch	2012	US$ 7 mi	US$ 55 mi	7.4
Street Kings	2008	US$ 20 mi	US$ 66 mi	6.7
Harsh Times	2005	US$ 2 mi	US$ 6 mi	6.4