Tony Ayres
Production
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.
Known for
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tvThe Survivors
2025
Producer
tvSpooky Files
2023
Executive Producer
tvFires
2021
Executive Producer
tvClickbait
2021
Executive Producer
tvStateless
2020
Executive Producer
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
tvGlitch
2015
Executive Producer
tvThe Slap
2015
Executive Producer
tvDevil's Playground
2014
Executive Producer
tvOld School
2014
Executive Producer
tvNowhere Boys
2013
Producer, Executive Producer
Next Stop Hollywood
2013
Executive Producer
tvThe Straits
2012
Executive Producer
tvThe Slap
2011
Producer
Writing14
tvThe Survivors
2025
Writer
tvStateless
2020
Writer
movieThunderstruck
2004
Script Editor
movieHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand
2001
Script Editor
movieMallboy
2001
Script Editor
movieSoft Fruit
1999
Script Editor
tvThe Violent Earth
1998
Writer
movieChina Dolls
1998
Writer
movieExposed
1997
Writer
Directing11
movieCut Snake
2015
Director
movieThe Turning
2013
Director
tvThe Slap
2011
Director
movieSaved
2009
Director
movieThe Home Song Stories
2007
Director
movieWalking on Water
2002
Director
Sadness
1999
Director
movieChina Dolls
1998
Director
movieExposed
1997
Director
movieSons of...
1985
Director
Creator6
tvThe Survivors
2025
Creator
tvFires
2021
Creator
tvClickbait
2021
Creator
tvStateless
2020
Creator
tvGlitch
2015
Creator
tvNowhere Boys
2013
Creator
Acting2
movieChina Dolls
1998
Narrator / Self (archival footage)
