Tony Walters

Antony Walters is an Australian actor, film director, and cocreator of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series "Double the Fist". [imdb name|1169523]

Walters met his collaborator Craig Anderson when they were performing absurdist theatre at the University of Western Sydney in the mid-1990s. Bryan Moses, the third member of their team was there at the same time making films. They teamed up on the short film "Life in a Datsun", which won best comedy at the 1999 Tropfest film festival, where they met Doug Bayne, another entrant who created casual computer effects. The foursome created "Dare TV", a consciously tasteless mock reality show that they sold to Special Broadcasting Service.Greg Hassall, " [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/19/1084917645003.html? Fistful of hollers] ", "Sydney Morning Herald" (May 20, 2004).]

They then created material for Fly TV, ABC's digital youth channel, before piloting "Double the Fist".

He has also had a strong managerial tie with Sydney's Hard Rock Cafe. Walters rides a hybrid motorcycle and lives in Surry Hills, New South Wales.

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