David Ayer is an American filmmaker, best known for making crime films based in Los Angeles and which 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), and
Sabotage (2014). In 2016, he directed the superhero film
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.