Tony Rayns
Actor · Writer · Translator · Consulting Producer
Born Sep 20, 1948 · Oxford, England, UK
Active 1970–2026
Antony Keith Graham Rayns (20 September 1948 – 7 July 2026) was a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter.
Filmography
Away with Words (1999) — WriterThe Jang Sun-woo Variations (2001) — DirectorLove Will Tear Us Apart (1999) — TranslatorVisions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983) — WriterJubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) — IntervieweeJury (2013) — TonyHold You Tight (1998) — Rosa's FriendYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) — Narrator · Consulting ProducerSerialized Success (2013)Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident (2019)London Calling (1985) — Tony RaynsNew Chinese Cinema (1989) — Narrator · Director · WriterThe Art of Akira Kurosawa (2013) — Tony RaynsTony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth (2015)Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships (2009)Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio (1985) — Narration · WriterSlicing At The Stars (2023)Virtuous Women (1987) — Foreign DirectorThe Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History (2022)Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns (1983) — WriterUriel: Overdrive (1970) — DirectorLittle Joe, Little Dragon (1974) — DirectorVisions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983) — Writer