- Known For
- Production
- Born
- July 16, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Macau, China
Tony Ayres
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
tvThe Survivors
2025 · Writer, Producer, Creator
movieThe Rooster
2024 · Thanks
tvSpooky Files
2023 · Executive Producer
tvQueerstralia
2023
tvFires
2021 · Executive Producer, Creator
tvClickbait
2021 · Executive Producer, Creator
tvStateless
2020 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
tvEveryone's a Critic
2018 · Idea
tvSeven Types of Ambiguity
2017 · Executive Producer
tvBarracuda
2016 · Producer
tvWanted
2016 · Executive Producer
tvThe Family Law
2016 · Executive Producer
movieNowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
2016 · Executive Producer, Screenplay, Creator
movieCut Snake
2015 · Director
tvGlitch
2015 · Executive Producer, Creator
tvThe Slap
2015 · Executive Producer
tvDevil's Playground
2014 · Executive Producer
tvOld School
2014 · Executive Producer
tvNowhere Boys
2013 · Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
movieThe Turning
2013 · Director
Next Stop Hollywood
tvNext Stop Hollywood
2013 · Executive Producer
tvThe Straits
2012 · Executive Producer
tvThe Slap
2011 · Producer, Director
movieSaved
2009 · Director
movieThe Home Song Stories
2007 · Director, Writer
movieThunderstruck
2004 · Script Editor
movieWalking on Water
2002 · Director
movieHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand
2001 · Script Editor
movieMallboy
2001 · Script Editor
movieSoft Fruit
1999 · Script Editor
Sadness
movieSadness
1999 · Director
tvThe Violent Earth
1998 · Writer
movieMrs Craddock's Complaint
1998 · Director, Writer
The Violent Earth
movieThe Violent Earth
1998 · Writer
movieChina Dolls
1998 · Narrator / Self (archival footage), Director, Writer
movieExposed
1997 · Director, Writer
movieSons of...
1985 · Director