Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Tony Ayres
Production
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
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Movies: 15Series: 19Crew credits: 33
TMDB ID: 126315
IMDb ID: nm0044016
Known for: Production
Born: July 16, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Macau, China
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2025
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q2442472
Other jobs
Executive Producer (13)Director (7)Script Editor (4)Writer (4)Producer (3)Idea (1)Thanks (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tony Ayres.
5.6
The Rooster
Thanks
2024 Movie
5.6
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
6.2
Cut Snake
Director
2015 Movie
5.7
The Turning
Director
2013 Movie
4.0
Saved
Director
2009 Movie
6.0
The Home Song Stories
Writer
2007 Movie
3.8
Thunderstruck
Script Editor
2004 Movie
5.6
Walking on Water
Director
2002 Movie
6.9
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
Script Editor
2001 Movie
4.6
Mallboy
Script Editor
2001 Movie
3.3
Soft Fruit
Script Editor
1999 Movie
3.5
Mrs Craddock's Complaint
Writer
1998 Movie
2.7
China Dolls
as Narrator / Self (archival footage)
1998 Movie
1.0
Exposed
Director
1997 Movie
Sons of...
Director
1985 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tony Ayres.
6.7
The Survivors
Writer • 6 eps
2025 Series
Spooky Files
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2023 Series
5.0
Queerstralia
3 eps
2023 Series
7.1
Fires
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Clickbait
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2021 Series
6.5
Stateless
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2020 Series
Everyone's a Critic
Idea • 9 eps
2018 Series
5.9
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2017 Series
6.6
Barracuda
Producer • 4 eps
2016 Series
7.1
Wanted
Executive Producer • 18 eps
2016 Series
5.8
The Family Law
Executive Producer • 12 eps
2016 Series
6.7
Glitch
Executive Producer • 12 eps
2015 Series
5.9
The Slap
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2015 Series
7.4
Devil's Playground
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Old School
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2014 Series
6.8
Nowhere Boys
Producer • 13 eps
2013 Series
6.2
The Straits
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2012 Series
6.6
The Slap
Producer • 8 eps
2011 Series
The Violent Earth
Writer • 3 eps
1998 Series