Wayne Tunks, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

Wayne Tunks

Director, Writer and Producer and more at AFIN

  • 1nomination
  • 4credits
  • 2019at AFIN

Biography

Wayne is a writer, actor, director, producer and acting coach with 18 years experience creating independent theatre all over Australia. Wayne’s most successful plays include, The Subtle Art of Flirting, We’ll Always Have Wagga, Fag Boy & the Married Guy, Everything I Know I Learnt From Madonna, The Bridesmaid Must Die!, 37 Ways To Say I’m Gay, Silvertop Ash, Flame Trees, The Girlie Show and many more. As an actor, Wayne has appeared in The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Underbelly: Squizzy. In 2017, Wayne’s theatre shows included, the award winning, Bitch and Diva Wars. Wayne also appeared in the feature films, The Casting Game and Fragmentary, as well as the web series The Crossing. Wayne is a former storyliner at Neighbours and was the festival director for Short+Sweet Sydney in 2017. Already this year, his play, According to Otto, has been a critical and commercial success.

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