Tony Ayres

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Tony Ayres
Born (1961-07-16) 16 July 1961
Macau, China
Years active 1992 - present
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 16 July 1961) is a Chinese-born Australian screenwriter and director. He is most notable for his award-winning films Walking on Water and The Home Song Stories.

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.[2][3] 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 the Swinburne Film and Television School (now the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television) 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)
  • Under the Skin, episode The Long Ride (1993) (AACTA Award)
  • Double Trouble (1992)

Director:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prints and Printmaking, Australia entry for Tony Ayres
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Age: "Going beyond the pale" - 4 April 2003
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ABC Queensland: "Writer and director Tony Ayres" - 10 August 2007

External links

  • Complete list
  • (1971–1979)
  • (1980–1999)
  • (2000–2019)
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