Tony Ayres
Born	16 July 1961 (1961-07-16) (age 48) Macau, China
Years active	1992 - present

Tony Ayres (born 16 July 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.

[edit] 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 Swinburne University in Melbourne, Victoria.^[1]

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tony Ayres at the Internet Movie Database