Tony Rayns
Known for
Writing
Born
September 20, 1948
Birthplace
Oxford, England, UK
Died
July 7, 2026 (aged 77)
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.
Best known work
Black Coal, Thin Ice
2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Away with Words
1999
Hold You Tight
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1999
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
2003
The Cinema on the Road
1995
Jury
2013Filmography
2024
2023
2023
2023
2022
2019
2016
2016
2015
2014
2014
Black Coal, Thin IceThanks
2013
The Art of Akira Kurosawaas Tony Rayns
2013
2013
Juryas Tony
2012
2009
2006
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self
2003
Jubilee: A Time Less Goldenas Interviewee
2001
The Jang Sun-woo VariationsDirector
1999
Away with WordsWriter
1999
Love Will Tear Us ApartTranslator
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinemaas Narrator, Consulting Producer
1998
Hold You Tightas Rosa's Friend
1995
The Cinema on the Roadas Self