Tony Rayns
- Writing
- September 20, 1948 · Oxford, England, UK
- July 7, 2026
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
Filmography
- An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy' · Self
- Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee · Self
- A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain · Self
- Slicing At The Stars
- The Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History
- An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident
- Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition' · Self
- Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen · Self
- Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth
- Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out' · Self
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema · Self
- Black Coal, Thin Ice · Thanks
- The Art of Akira Kurosawa · Tony Rayns
- Serialized Success
- Jury · Tony
- Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer · Self
- Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships
- Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences · Self
- Everyday Realities: Tony Rayns on New Taiwan Cinema and Edward Yang · Self
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! · Self
- Jubilee: A Time Less Golden · Interviewee
- The Jang Sun-woo Variations · Director
- Away with Words · Writer
- Love Will Tear Us Apart · Translator
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Narrator, Consulting Producer
- Hold You Tight · Rosa's Friend
- The Cinema on the Road · Self
- Derek Jarman: A Portrait · Self
- New Chinese Cinema · Narrator, Director
- Virtuous Women · Foreign Director
- Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio · Narration, Writer
- Home Movies 1971-81
- London Calling · Tony Rayns
- Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns · Self, Writer
- Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns · Self, Writer
- Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns · Self, Writer
- Crystal Gazing · Chinese Takeaway
- Little Joe, Little Dragon · Director
- Uriel: Overdrive · Director