
Writing
Tony Rayns
20 September 1948† 7 July 2026 (aged 77) Oxford, England, UK
- Directed
- 4
- Written
- 6
- Movies
- 33
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
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2019
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema · Film
- Black Coal, Thin Ice · Film · Thanks
- 2013
- The Art of Akira Kurosawa · Film · Tony Rayns
- Serialized Success · Film
- Jury · Film · Tony
- 2012
- 2009
- 2006
- 2004
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! · Film
- 2003
- Jubilee: A Time Less Golden · Film · Interviewee
- 2001
- The Jang Sun-woo Variations · Film · Director
- 1999
- Away with Words · Film · Writer
- Love Will Tear Us Apart · Film · Translator
- 1998
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Film · Narrator
- Hold You Tight · Film · Rosa's Friend
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Film · Consulting Producer
- 1995
- The Cinema on the Road · Film
- 1991
- Derek Jarman: A Portrait · Film
- 1989
- New Chinese Cinema · Film · Narrator
- New Chinese Cinema · Film · Director
- 1987
- Virtuous Women · Film · Foreign Director
- 1985
- Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio · Film · Narration
- Home Movies 1971-81 · Film
- London Calling · Film · Tony Rayns
- Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio · Film · Writer
- 1983
- Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns · Film
- Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns · Film · Narrator
- Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns · Film
- Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns · Film · Writer
- Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns · Film · Writer
- Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns · Film · Writer
- 1982
- Crystal Gazing · Film · Chinese Takeaway
- 1974
- Little Joe, Little Dragon · Film · Director
- 1970
- Uriel: Overdrive · Film · Director




























