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Tony Rayns
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 91584
IMDb ID: nm0713528
Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1948
Died: July 7, 2026
Age: 77
Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2024
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q7823239
Also known as
Antony Rayns • Antony Keith Graham Rayns
Frequent jobs
Director (2)Writer (3)Consulting Producer (1)Thanks (1)Translator (1)
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.
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Director
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 • Movie
as Self
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 • Movie
Thanks
Black Coal, Thin Ice
2014 • Movie
as Foreign Director
Virtuous Women
1987 • Movie
as Rosa's Friend
Hold You Tight
1998 • Movie
as Self
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991 • Movie
as Self
Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee
2023 • Movie
as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 • Movie
Writer
Away with Words
1999 • Movie
as Self
Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
2016 • Movie
as Self
An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'
2024 • Movie
as Tony Rayns
The Art of Akira Kurosawa
2013 • Movie
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Thanks
Black Coal, Thin Ice
2014 • Movie
Writer
Away with Words
1999 • Movie
Translator
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1999 • Movie
Consulting Producer
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 • Movie
Writer
Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio
1985 • Movie
Writer
Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns
1983 • Movie
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tony Rayns.
as Self
An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'
2024 • Movie
as Self
Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee
2023 • Movie
as self
A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the foot of the mountain
2023 • Movie
An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident
2019 • Movie
as Self
Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
2016 • Movie
as Self
Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
2016 • Movie
as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 • Movie
as Tony Rayns
The Art of Akira Kurosawa
2013 • Movie
as Tony
Jury
2013 • Movie
as Self
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 • Movie
as Self
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
2006 • Movie
as Narrator
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 • Movie