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Born July 16, 1961 in Macau, China
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.

The Survivors

The Rooster

Spooky Files

Queerstralia

Fires

Clickbait

Stateless

Everyone's a Critic

Seven Types of Ambiguity

Barracuda

Wanted

The Family Law

Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

Cut Snake

Glitch

The Slap

Devil's Playground

Old School

Nowhere Boys

The Turning

The Straits

The Slap

Saved

The Home Song Stories

Thunderstruck

Walking on Water

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

Mallboy

Soft Fruit

The Violent Earth

Mrs Craddock's Complaint

China Dolls
Narrator / Self (archival footage)

Exposed

Sons of...