Tony Rayns

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

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

as Self

Hold You Tight

as Rosa's Friend

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

as Narrator

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

as Self

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

as Interviewee

The Cinema on the Road

as Self

Jury

as Tony

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

as Self

Crystal Gazing

as Chinese Takeaway

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

as Self