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Tony Ayres

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 07/16/1961 (62) | Macau (People's Republic of China)
Tony Ayres (born 16 July 1961) is an Australian showrunner, screenwriter, director in television and feature film. He is most notable for his films Walking on Water and The Home Song Stories, as well his work in television, including working as the showrunner on The Slap and teen adventure series Nowhere Boys. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are qui ...

The Home Song Stories

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2007 | 3.0/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born. ...

Nowhere Boys

TV-Y

2013 | 3.5/5 | 30min per episode
Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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A police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead in peak physical form. ...

Glitch

Certification unknown

2015 | 3.4/5 | 52min per episode
Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Inspired by true events, the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating fires of the 2019-2020 Australian summer. ...

Fires

NR

2021 | 3.9/5 | 50min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Tony Ayres

Inside Film Awards Teddy Award
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Movies with Tony Ayres as Actor(1)

as Narrator / Self (archival footage)1998 China Dolls

TV Shows/Series with Tony Ayres as Actor(1)

2023 Queerstralia

Movies with Tony Ayres as Crew(20)

Crew/Creator2016 Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Production/Executive Producer2016 Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Writing/Screenplay2016 Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Directing/Director2015 Cut Snake
Directing/Director2013 The Turning
Directing/Director2009 Saved
Directing/Director2007 The Home Song Stories
Writing/Writer2007 The Home Song Stories
Writing/Script Editor2004 Thunderstruck
Directing/Director2002 Walking on Water
Writing/Script Editor2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
Writing/Script Editor1999 Soft Fruit
Directing/Director1999 Sadness
Directing/Director1998 China Dolls
Writing/Writer1998 China Dolls
Directing/Director1998 Mrs Craddock's Complaint
Writing/Writer1998 Mrs Craddock's Complaint
Writing/Writer1998 The Violent Earth
Directing/Director1997 Exposed
Writing/Writer1997 Exposed

TV Shows/Series with Tony Ayres as Crew(24)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Spooky Files
Production/Executive Producer2021 Fires
Creator/Creator2021 Fires
Production/Executive Producer2021 Clickbait
Creator/Creator2021 Clickbait
Production/Executive Producer2020 Stateless
Writing/Writer2020 Stateless
Creator/Creator2020 Stateless
Writing/Idea2018 Everyone's a Critic
Production/Executive Producer2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity
Production/Producer2016 Barracuda
Production/Executive Producer2016 Wanted
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Slap
Production/Executive Producer2015 Glitch
Creator/Creator2015 Glitch
Production/Executive Producer2014 Devil's Playground
Production/Executive Producer2014 Old School
Production/Executive Producer2013 Nowhere Boys
Production/Producer2013 Nowhere Boys
Creator/Creator2013 Nowhere Boys
Production/Executive Producer2013 Next Stop Hollywood
Production/Executive Producer2012 The Straits
Production/Producer2011 The Slap
Directing/Director2011 The Slap

Full Name: Tony Ayres
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Sunday, 07/16 1961 (July) in Macau (People's Republic of China) (current age: 62 years + 282 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Applecross Senior High School
Tony Ayres frequently works together with these people:
Belinda Chayko (6x, Crew)
Elise McCredie (5x, Crew)
Cate Blanchett (4x, Actress)
Helen Panckhurst (4x, Crew)
Louise Fox (4x, Crew)
Jon Robin Baitz (4x, Crew)
Blake Ayshford (4x, Crew)
Cornel Wilczek (4x, Crew)
Kate Box (4x, Actress)
Penny Chapman (4x, Crew)
Michael McMahon (4x, Crew)
Richard Lowenstein (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:409293, Added: 09/21/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024