Person

Tony Ayres

Production · Born 1961-07-16 · Macau, China

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.

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Filmography

2025The SurvivorsWriter
2024The RoosterThanks
2023Spooky FilesExecutive Producer
2023Queerstralia
2021FiresExecutive Producer
2021ClickbaitExecutive Producer
2020StatelessExecutive Producer
2018Everyone's a CriticIdea
2017Seven Types of AmbiguityExecutive Producer
2016BarracudaProducer
2016WantedExecutive Producer
2016The Family LawExecutive Producer
2016Nowhere Boys: The Book of ShadowsExecutive Producer
2015Cut SnakeDirector
2015GlitchExecutive Producer
2015The SlapExecutive Producer
2014Devil's PlaygroundExecutive Producer
2014Old SchoolExecutive Producer
2013Nowhere BoysProducer
2013The TurningDirector
2013Next Stop HollywoodExecutive Producer
2012The StraitsExecutive Producer
2011The SlapProducer
2009SavedDirector
2007The Home Song StoriesDirector
2004ThunderstruckScript Editor
2002Walking on WaterDirector
2001He Died with a Felafel in His HandScript Editor
2001MallboyScript Editor
1999Soft FruitScript Editor
1999SadnessDirector
1998The Violent EarthWriter
1998Mrs Craddock's ComplaintDirector
1998The Violent EarthWriter
1998China DollsNarrator / Self (archival footage)
1997ExposedDirector
1985Sons of...Director

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