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.
Personal Details
Movies (17)
The Rooster
Thanks (Crew)
2024
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Executive Producer (Production)
2016
Cut Snake
Director (Directing)
2015
The Turning
Director (Directing)
2013
Saved
Director (Directing)
2009
The Home Song Stories
Writer (Writing)
2007
Thunderstruck
Script Editor (Writing)
2004
Walking on Water
Director (Directing)
2002
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
Script Editor (Writing)
2001
Mallboy
Script Editor (Writing)
2001
Soft Fruit
Script Editor (Writing)
1999
Sadness
Director (Directing)
1999
Mrs Craddock's Complaint
Writer (Writing)
1998
The Violent Earth
Writer (Writing)
1998
China Dolls
as Narrator / Self (archival footage)
1998
Exposed
Writer (Writing)
1997
Sons of...
Director (Directing)
1985
TV Shows (20)
The Survivors
Writer (Writing)
2025
Spooky Files
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Queerstralia
2023
Fires
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Clickbait
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Stateless
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
Everyone's a Critic
Idea (Writing)
2018
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Barracuda
Producer (Production)
2016
Wanted
Executive Producer (Production)
2016
The Family Law
Executive Producer (Production)
2016
Glitch
Executive Producer (Production)
2015
The Slap
Executive Producer (Production)
2015
Devil's Playground
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
Old School
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
Nowhere Boys
Executive Producer (Production)
2013
Next Stop Hollywood
Executive Producer (Production)
2013
The Straits
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
The Slap
Producer (Production)
2011
The Violent Earth
Writer (Writing)
1998