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David Ayer
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Director, Producer, Co-producer, Screenwriter
Biography:Born in 1968, David Ayer spent most of his childhood traveling rootlessly around the United States with his family, until his folks settled in south central Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with his secondary education, and even less eager to give university life a shot ("I was never a college boy"), he dropped out of the urban high school landscape early on and joined the navy; both environments would figure heavily into his writing down the road. After a long stint in the military (during which he worked on a Cold War nuclear-attack submarine, operating sonar), Ayer supported himself with construction work, wrote short stories, and claims that he learned how to pen movie scripts by reading Syd Field. He eventually entered the screenwriting arena at age 30, via a friendship with established screenwriter Wesley Strick (Cape Fear, Wolf), who got him a job as a script doctor. The studios hired Ayer to do one of... Full Biography
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Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriquez and director David Ayer on the set of "Harsh Times"
Eva Longoria, Freddy Rodriquez and director David Ayer on the set of "Harsh Times"
Producer Lucas Foster and Director David Ayer at the Fox Searchlight Premiere of 'Street Kings' on...
Mireya Ayer and Director David Ayer at the Fox Searchlight Premiere of 'Street Kings' on April 3,...
Director David Ayer, Terry Crews, Keanu Reeves, Martha Higareda, Chris Evans and Forest Withaker at...
Director David Ayer, Terry Crews, Keanu Reeves, Martha Higareda, Chris Evans and Forest Withaker at...
Keanu Reeves, Director David Ayer, Terry Crews, Chris Evans, Martha Higareda and Forest Withaker at...
Filmography
Street Kings (2008) Mafia Cop (2008) Harsh Times (2006) S.W.A.T. (2003) Dark Blue (2003) Training Day (2001) The Fast and the Furious (2001) U-571 (2000)
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