Tony Ayres

This article is about the director. For the darts player, see Tony Ayres (darts player).
Tony Ayres

Born July 16, 1961 (1961-07-16) (age 47)
Macau, China
Years active 1992 - present

Tony Ayres (born July 16, 1961) is a Chinese-born Australian screenwriter and director. He's most notable for his award-winning films Walking on Water and The Home Song Stories.

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Early life

Ayres was born in Macau, China.1 His mother was a nightclub singer who committed suicide in 1972, when Ayres was 11 years old.23 Before her death, his mother married an Australian sailor and migrated with her family to Perth, Western Australia in 1964.2 Ayres' stepfather died of a heart attack three years after the death of his wife, and two days before he was due to remarry.2 Ayres and his older sister briefly lived with their stepfather's former fiancee, before being placed in the care of Ayres' history teacher.2 They then moved to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory with their guardian, whom Ayres' sister later married.2 Ayres' 2007 film The Home Song Stories is loosely based on this early period of his life.3

Ayres studied photography and printmaking at the Australian National University in Canberra, before working as an exhibition curator.1 He later completed postgraduate studies in film and video at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Victoria.1

Filmography

Writer:

  • The Home Song Stories (2007)
  • The Violent Earth (1998)
  • Mrs. Craddock's Complaint (1997)
  • Naked Story of Men (Episode: "Ghost Story") (1996)
  • Double Trouble (1992)

Director:

References

  1. ^ a b c Prints and Printmaking, Australia entry for Tony Ayres
  2. ^ a b c d e The Age: "Going beyond the pale" - April 4, 2003
  3. ^ a b ABC Queensland: "Writer and director Tony Ayres" - August 10, 2007

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