
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.
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Television (1)
Crew (46)
Movies (23)
The Rooster
2024Thanks
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
2016Creator
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
2016Executive Producer
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
2016Screenplay
Cut Snake
2015Director
The Turning
2013Director
Saved
2009Director
The Home Song Stories
2007Director
The Home Song Stories
2007Writer
Thunderstruck
2004Script Editor
Walking on Water
2002Director
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
2001Script Editor
Mallboy
2001Script Editor
Sadness
1999Director
Soft Fruit
1999Script Editor
Mrs Craddock's Complaint
1998Director
Mrs Craddock's Complaint
1998Writer
China Dolls
1998Director
China Dolls
1998Writer
The Violent Earth
1998Writer
Exposed
1997Director
Exposed
1997Writer
Sons of...
1985Director
Television (23)
The Survivors
2025Producer
The Survivors
2025Writer
Spooky Files
2023Executive Producer
Clickbait
2021Executive Producer
Fires
2021Executive Producer
Stateless
2020Executive Producer
Stateless
2020Writer
Everyone's a Critic
2018Idea
Seven Types of Ambiguity
2017Executive Producer
Wanted
2016Executive Producer
The Family Law
2016Executive Producer
Barracuda
2016Producer
Glitch
2015Executive Producer
The Slap
2015Executive Producer
Devil's Playground
2014Executive Producer
Old School
2014Executive Producer
Nowhere Boys
2013Executive Producer
Nowhere Boys
2013Producer
Next Stop Hollywood
2013Executive Producer
The Straits
2012Executive Producer
The Slap
2011Director
The Slap
2011Producer
The Violent Earth
1998Writer
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