Tony Ayres

Infobox Actor


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birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|07|16
birthplace = Macau, China
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yearsactive = 1992 - present
afiawards = Best Direction
2007 "The Home Song Stories"
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
2007 "The Home Song Stories"
awards = Inside Film Award for Best Director
2007 "The Home Song Stories"
Berlinale "Teddy" for Best Feature Film
2002 "Walking on Water"

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".

Early life

Ayres was born in Macau, China. [http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/bibliography/135022/author-not-identified-ayres-tony.aspx Prints and Printmaking, Australia entry for Tony Ayres] ] His mother was a nightclub singer who committed suicide in 1972, when Ayres was 11 years old. [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/03/1048962875695.html The Age: "Going beyond the pale" - April 4, 2003] ] [http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s2001814.htm?queensland ABC Queensland: "Writer and director Tony Ayres" - August 10, 2007] ] Before her death, his mother married an Australian sailor and migrated with her family to Perth, Western Australia in 1964. Ayres' stepfather died of a heart attack three years after the death of his wife, and two days before he was due to remarry. Ayres and his older sister briefly lived with their stepfather's former fiancee, before being placed in the care of Ayres' history teacher. They then moved to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory with their guardian, whom Ayres' sister later married. Ayres' 2007 film "The Home Song Stories" is loosely based on this early period of his life.

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

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:
* "The Home Song Stories" (2007)
* "Walking on Water" (2002)
* "Sadness" (1999)
* "Exposed" (1997)
* "China Dolls" (1997)
* "Mrs. Craddock's Complaint" (1997)
* "Double Trouble" (1992)

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