Tony Rayns
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 20, 1948, Oxford, England, UK
- Died
- July 7, 2026
- Movies
- 42
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.
Best-Known Movies
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Away with Words
1999
Hold You Tight
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
The Cinema on the Road
1995
Jury
2013
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Crystal Gazing
1982
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2001 | The Jang Sun-woo Variations | Director |
| 1999 | Away with Words | Writer |
| 1989 | New Chinese Cinema | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio | Writer |
| 1983 | Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns | Writer |
| 1983 | Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns | Writer |
| 1983 | Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns | Writer |
| 1974 | Little Joe, Little Dragon | Director |
| 1970 | Uriel: Overdrive | Director |
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