Tony Ayres

Personal Info

Known For

Production

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-16 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Macau, China

Tony Ayres

Biography

Tony Ayres is a highly admired writer and director, whose work as ‘showrunner’ on programs such as ‘The Slap’ (2011), adapted from the novel by Christos Tsiolkas, ‘Bogan Pride’ (2008) starring Rebel Wilson, ‘Nowhere Boys’ (2014) and ‘Glitch’ (2015), directed by fellow VCA alumnus Emma Freeman, have put Ayres at the centre of the Australian screen industry and made him one its most influential leaders. He is a founding partner of Matchbox Pictures.

Known For

China Dolls
3.5%

China Dolls

Jun 20, 1998

Queerstralia
5.0%

Queerstralia

Feb 28, 2023

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Acting

2023
Queerstralia
1998
China Dolls as Narrator / Self (archival footage)

Creator

2021
Fires as Creator
2021
Clickbait as Creator
2020
Stateless as Creator
2015
Glitch as Creator
2013
Nowhere Boys as Creator

Directing

2015
Cut Snake as Director
2013
The Turning as Director
2011
The Slap as Director
2009
Saved as Director
2007
The Home Song Stories as Director
2002
Walking on Water as Director
1999
Sadness as Director
1998
Mrs Craddock's Complaint as Director
1998
China Dolls as Director
1997
Exposed as Director
1985
Sons of... as Director

Production

2023
Spooky Files as Executive Producer
2021
Fires as Executive Producer
2021
Clickbait as Executive Producer
2020
Stateless as Executive Producer
2017
Seven Types of Ambiguity as Executive Producer
2016
Barracuda as Producer
2016
Wanted as Executive Producer
2016
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows as Executive Producer
2015
Glitch as Executive Producer
2015
The Slap as Executive Producer
2014
Devil's Playground as Executive Producer
2014
Old School as Executive Producer
2013
Nowhere Boys as Producer
2013
Nowhere Boys as Executive Producer
2013
Next Stop Hollywood as Executive Producer
2012
The Straits as Executive Producer
2011
The Slap as Producer

Writing

2020
Stateless as Writer
2018
Everyone's a Critic as Idea
2016
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows as Screenplay
2007
The Home Song Stories as Writer
2004
Thunderstruck as Script Editor
2001
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand as Script Editor
2001
Mallboy as Script Editor
1999
Soft Fruit as Script Editor
1998
The Violent Earth as Writer
1998
Mrs Craddock's Complaint as Writer
1998
The Violent Earth as Writer
1998
China Dolls as Writer
1997
Exposed as Writer
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