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David Ayer

DirectorHollywood6 credits
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286th of 1,031 in Hollywood

5 films led, $1.27B in reported gross.

Gross led
69
Consistency
44
Body of work
76
Momentum
74
Audience rating
55
The biggest Hollywood names
Born
18 January 1968
Birthplace
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Nationality
United States
Industry
Hollywood
In their own file

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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The record

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4 of 6 credits have a verdict, together taking $1.21B. The biggest was Suicide Squad at $749M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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