Tony Ayres

Tony Ayres

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.

  • Title: Tony Ayres
  • Popularity: 3.158
  • Known For: Production
  • Birthday: 1961-07-16
  • Place of Birth: Macau, China
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Tony Ayres Movies

  • 1998
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    China Dolls

    China Dolls

    3.5 1998 HD

    Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority".

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  • 2002
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    Walking on Water

    Walking on Water

    6 2002 HD

    Friends and family gather around the death bed of Gavin, where they assist in the dying man's suicide. But though Gavin's pain has been laid to rest,...

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  • 1999
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    Soft Fruit

    Soft Fruit

    4 1999 HD

    For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live....

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  • 2001
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    He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

    He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

    7 2001 HD

    A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east...

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  • 2009
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    Saved

    Saved

    4.2 2009 HD

    The advocate for a young Iranian refugee held in detention. Amir Ali claims to be an Iranian student persecuted by the government but the Department...

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  • 2004
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    Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck

    4.5 2004 HD

    After a near death experience, five Boys, all devoted AC/DC fans, make a pact to bury their best friend next to the grave of Bon Scott. 12 years...

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  • 2015
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    Cut Snake

    Cut Snake

    6.4 2015 HD

    Young, charismatic, and hardworking, Sparra Farrell seems to be sailing into a happy, respectable life. He has a solid job and an adorable...

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  • 2007
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    The Home Song Stories

    The Home Song Stories

    6.1 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    The Home Song Stories

    The Home Song Stories

    6.1 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    The Violent Earth

    The Violent Earth

    6 1998 HD

    The Violent Earth is a 1998 French-Australian mini series set in New Caledonia from 1888 to 1977.

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  • 2016
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    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    5.8 2016 HD

    A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with...

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  • 1999
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    Sadness

    Sadness

    9 1999 HD

    Based on photographer William Yang's one man stage show, "Sadness" chronicles two diverging narratives through the use of slide photography, oral...

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  • 2016
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    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    5.8 2016 HD

    A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with...

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  • 2016
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    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows

    5.8 2016 HD

    A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with...

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  • 1985
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    Sons of...

    Sons of...

    1 1985 HD

    Justin, a young gay man is on a break from film school, struggling to come to terms with his father’s violent opposition to his sexual...

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  • 2013
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    The Turning

    The Turning

    5.9 2013 HD

    Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi...

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  • 2001
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    Mallboy

    Mallboy

    5 2001 HD

    A boy climbs an unsteady path to adulthood under difficult circumstances in this drama from Australia. Shaun (Kane McNay) is a teenager growing up in...

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  • 1998
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    China Dolls

    China Dolls

    3.5 1998 HD

    Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority".

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  • 1998
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    Mrs Craddock's Complaint

    Mrs Craddock's Complaint

    4.3 1998 HD

    An older woman complains about the excessive traffic in a public men's room across the street.

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  • 1998
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    Mrs Craddock's Complaint

    Mrs Craddock's Complaint

    4.3 1998 HD

    An older woman complains about the excessive traffic in a public men's room across the street.

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  • 1997
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    Exposed

    Exposed

    1 1997 HD

    A filmmaker makes a documentary about a photographer. David Edwards has been taking photographs of naked men for the past 11 years. But in this case,...

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  • 1997
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    Exposed

    Exposed

    1 1997 HD

    A filmmaker makes a documentary about a photographer. David Edwards has been taking photographs of naked men for the past 11 years. But in this case,...

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  • 1998
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    China Dolls

    China Dolls

    3.5 1998 HD

    Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority".

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  • 2023
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    5 2023 HD

    Join award-winning comedian and professional lesbian Zoe Coombs Marr, as we wipe away the straightwashing and reveal the untold and frankly...

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.8 1970 HD

    When a man slaps a 4-year-old boy, the incident results in an intense court case.

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    8.125 1970 HD

    Ted McCabe, a retired cop, and Lennie Cahill a retired crim, get together to solve crimes, unravel scams and make some cash, while avoiding the...

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.8 1970 HD

    Melbourne 1996. The Golden Age of Australian swimming is beginning and a scholarship to an exclusive boys school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly one...

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.3 1970 HD

    Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly...

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    1 1970 HD

    Six ambitious young Aussie actors embark on one of the toughest journeys of their lives with a clear challenge in mind - to score a TV role in ...

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.4 1970 HD

    The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi’s classic film, The Devil’s Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40s and...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.908 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.908 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.3 1970 HD

    A gripping psychological mystery told from the shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.8 1970 HD

    When a man slaps a 4-year-old boy, the incident results in an intense court case.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.542 1970 HD

    Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    1 1970 HD

    The Violent Earth is a 1998 French-Australian mini series set in New Caledonia from 1888 to 1977.

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  • 1970
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    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    1 1970 HD

    They say art is the mark of a civilised society, but what do Australians really think about it? Each week, a cross-section of Australians will become...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.715 1970 HD

    A police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead in peak physical form.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.542 1970 HD

    Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.364 1970 HD

    Inspired by true events, the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating fires of the 2019-2020 Australian summer.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.2 1970 HD

    When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.992 1970 HD

    Two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.1 1970 HD

    Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    1 1970 HD

    Spooky Files is a fun, spooky, adventure-filled series that tackles kids' relationships with fear - with buckets of scares and truckloads of laughs...

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  • 1970
    imgS4 E13

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.908 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.715 1970 HD

    A police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead in peak physical form.

    img
  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    6.542 1970 HD

    Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.364 1970 HD

    Inspired by true events, the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating fires of the 2019-2020 Australian summer.

    img
  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    Queerstralia

    Queerstralia

    7.2 1970 HD

    When family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.

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