Antony "Tony" Walters is an Australian actor, film director, and cocreator of the

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television series ''

Double the Fist ''Double the Fist'' is an Australian satire, satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": Television presenter, host Steve Foxx (C ...

''. Born on the 9th of April, 1962. Walters met his collaborator Craig Anderson when they were performing absurdist theatre at the

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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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', a consciously tasteless mock reality show that they sold to

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.Greg Hassall,
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, ''Sydney Morning Herald'' (20 May 2004). They then created material for Fly TV, ABC's digital youth channel, before piloting ''Double the Fist''. He has a partner and a young daughter. Walters is currently working as a photographer and video journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald.

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