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- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, California, where his experiences in South Central Los Angeles became the inspiration for many of his films. Ayer then enlisted in the United States Navy as a submariner.
- IMDb mini biography by: scaryofmonsters
- SpouseMireya(September 26, 2002 - August 15, 2017) (filed for divorce, 4 children)
- ChildrenCynthiaRobertJasonEmily
- His movies are frequently set in Los Angeles
- His films often involve the LAPD
- Two characters in the car (usually best friends or partners) driving in the streets. (Training Day (2001), Harsh Times (2005), End of Watch (2012)), and Bright (2017).
- Frequently uses punk subculture themes for his film.
- Served in the United States Navy.
- Spent most of his time as a teenager on the most troubled streets of South Central Los Angeles.
- His favorite movie is Apocalypse Now (1979).
- He dropped out of high school.
- Main characters are often anti-heroes.
- [on his notorious U-571 (2000) screenplay] It was a distortion... a mercenary decision to create this parallel history in order to drive the movie for an American audience... Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements.
- [on editing] And that's one of the toughest things about writing, shooting, and directing a film, is you end up with these orphans and you fucking love them and you think they'd be amazing scenes and do these amazing things but the film is a dictatorship (laughs), not a democracy, and just because something's cool and charismatic doesn't mean it gets to survive in the final cut. The flow of the movie is the highest master. [2016]
- [on the bad reviews of Suicide Squad (2016)] Nothing hurts more than to pick up a newspaper and see a couple years of your blood, sweat and tears ripped to shreds. The hate game is so strong out there. [2017]
- Training Day (2001) - $1,000,000
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