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