David Ayer was the director and writer of this 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics antihero team of the same name, distributed by who
David Ayer David Ayer (born January 18, 1968) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for being the writer of "Training Day" (2001), and the director and writer of "Harsh Times" (2005), "Street Kings" (2008), "End of Watch" (2012), "Sabotage" (2014), "Fury" (2014), and "Suicide Squad" (2016).
Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. Set predominantly during World War II, "Captain America: The First Avenger" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination.