
Production
Tony Ayres
Production · Born 1961-07-16 · 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.
Credits · 36

The Survivors
2025 · Writer
FilmThe Rooster
2024 · Thanks

Spooky Files
2023 · Executive Producer

Queerstralia
2023 · Self

Fires
2021 · Executive Producer

Clickbait
2021 · Executive Producer

Stateless
2020 · Executive Producer

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
FilmNowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
2016 · Executive Producer
FilmCut Snake
2015 · Director

Glitch
2015 · Executive Producer

The Slap
2015 · Executive Producer

Devil's Playground
2014 · Executive Producer

Old School
2014 · Executive Producer

Nowhere Boys
2013 · Producer
FilmThe Turning
2013 · Director
Next Stop Hollywood
Next Stop Hollywood
2013 · Executive Producer

The Straits
2012 · Executive Producer

The Slap
2011 · Producer
FilmSaved
2009 · Director
FilmThe Home Song Stories
2007 · Writer
FilmThunderstruck
2004 · Script Editor
FilmWalking on Water
2002 · Director
FilmHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand
2001 · Script Editor
FilmMallboy
2001 · Script Editor
FilmSoft Fruit
1999 · Script Editor
Sadness
FilmSadness
1999 · Director

The Violent Earth
1998 · Writer
FilmMrs Craddock's Complaint
1998 · Writer
The Violent Earth
FilmThe Violent Earth
1998 · Writer
FilmChina Dolls
1997 · Narrator / Self (archival footage)
FilmExposed
1997 · Writer