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Personal Info

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

Acting

2023

1998

China Dolls as Narrator / Self (archival footage)

Directing

2015

Cut Snake as Director

2013

The Turning as Director

2011

The Slap as Director

2009

Saved as Director

2007

2002

Walking on Water as Director

1999

Sadness as Director

1998

China Dolls as Director

1997

Exposed as Director

1985

Sons of... as Director

Writing

2020

Stateless as Writer

2007

2004

Thunderstruck as Script Editor

2001

Mallboy as Script Editor

1999

Soft Fruit as Script Editor

1997

Exposed as Writer

Production

2023

Spooky Files as Executive Producer

2021

Fires as Executive Producer
Clickbait as Executive Producer

2020

Stateless as Executive Producer

2017

Seven Types of Ambiguity as Executive Producer

2016

Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows as Executive Producer
Barracuda as Producer
Wanted as Executive Producer

2015

Glitch as Executive Producer
The Slap as Executive Producer

2014

Old School as Executive Producer
Devil's Playground as Executive Producer

2013

Next Stop Hollywood as Executive Producer
Nowhere Boys as Producer
Nowhere Boys as Executive Producer

2012

The Straits as Executive Producer

2011

The Slap as Producer

Creator

2021

Fires as Creator
Clickbait as Creator

2020

Stateless as Creator

2015

Glitch as Creator

2013

Nowhere Boys as Creator