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Tony Rayns

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Born: September 20, 1948
Died: July 7, 2026
From: Oxford, England, UK

Also known as

Antony Rayns · Antony Keith Graham Rayns

Biography

Antony Keith Graham Rayns (20 September 1948 – 7 July 2026) was a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter. He wrote for the underground publication Cinema Rising before contributing to the Monthly Film Bulletin from the December 1970. He contributed writings to Sight & Sound from the 1970s, and also contributed to Time Out, Melody Maker, and Film Comment.

Known for

Away with Words

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

New Chinese Cinema

Filmography

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2024

An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'

Acting (Self)

2023

Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee

Acting (Self)

A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain

Acting (self)

Slicing At The Stars

2022

The Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History

2019

An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident

2016

Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'

Acting (Self)

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

Acting (Self)

2015

Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

Acting (Self)

2014

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Acting (Self)

Black Coal, Thin Ice

Crew (Thanks)

2013

The Art of Akira Kurosawa

Acting (Tony Rayns)

Serialized Success

Acting (Tony)

2012

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

Acting (Self)

2009

Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships

2006

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

Acting (Self)

Everyday Realities: Tony Rayns on New Taiwan Cinema and Edward Yang

Acting (self)

2004

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

Acting (Self)

2003

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

Acting (Interviewee)

2001

The Jang Sun-woo Variations

Directing (Director)

1999

Away with Words

Writing (Writer)

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Crew (Translator)

1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Acting (Narrator) Production (Consulting Producer)

Hold You Tight

Acting (Rosa's Friend)

1995

The Cinema on the Road

Acting (Self)

1991

Derek Jarman: A Portrait

Acting (Self)

1989

New Chinese Cinema

Acting (Narrator) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1987

Virtuous Women

Acting (Foreign Director)

1985

Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio

Acting (Narration) Writing (Writer)

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