Tony Ayres
Born: 1961-07-16 in Macau, China
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Survivors ... (Writer)
2024
- The Rooster ... (Thanks)
2023
- Queerstralia
- Spooky Files ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Stateless ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Everyone's a Critic ... (Idea)
2017
- Seven Types of Ambiguity ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Wanted ... (Executive Producer)
- Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows ... (Executive Producer)
- Barracuda ... (Producer)
- The Family Law ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- Old School ... (Executive Producer)
- Devil's Playground ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- Nowhere Boys ... (Producer)
- The Turning ... (Director)
- Next Stop Hollywood ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- The Straits ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- The Slap ... (Producer)
2009
- Saved ... (Director)
2007
- The Home Song Stories ... (Writer)
2004
- Thunderstruck ... (Script Editor)
2002
- Walking on Water ... (Director)
2001
- He Died with a Felafel in His Hand ... (Script Editor)
- Mallboy ... (Script Editor)
1999
- Soft Fruit ... (Script Editor)
- Sadness ... (Director)
1998
- China Dolls as Narrator / Self (archival footage)
- The Violent Earth ... (Writer)
- The Violent Earth ... (Writer)
- Mrs Craddock's Complaint ... (Writer)
1997
- Exposed ... (Writer)
1985
- Sons of... ... (Director)