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Tony Ayres grew up in Western Australia. In addition to his prose writing and editing, he has extensive credits as a screen-writer and director.

He wrote, directed and narrated China Dolls, an award-winning documentary about gay Asian men in Australia. In 1997 he won the Jury Prize at the International Cinema and Television Convention in Geneva for his script Ghost Story. His documentary Sadness, based on William Yang's performance monologue, was nominated for four 1999 AFI awards.

In 2011, he adapted Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap for television. The Slap won four Australian awards and was nominated for the international Emmy Awards - Drama. Tony has also Produced Wanted, Glitch, The Family Law, Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity. and the contemporary reimagining of The Devil’s Playground.