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

The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001
Black Coal, Thin Ice
2014
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Hold You Tight
1998
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
2006
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
31
Directing
4
Writing
6
Producing
1
Crew
2
2024
An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'
as Self
2023
Slicing At The Stars
2023
A Different Kind of Chinese War Film: Tony Rayns on Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain
as self
2023
Legend of the Dragon: Tony Rayns on Bruce Lee
as Self
2022
The Rediscovery of a Significant Part in Film History
2019
An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident
2016
Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'
as Self
2016
Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
as Self
2015
Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth
2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2013
Jury
as Tony
2013
Serialized Success
2013
The Art of Akira Kurosawa
as Tony Rayns
2012
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
as Self
2009
Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships
2006
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
as Self
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2003
Jubilee: A Time Less Golden
as Interviewee
1998
Hold You Tight
as Rosa's Friend
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Narrator
1995
The Cinema on the Road
as Self
1991
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
as Self
1989
New Chinese Cinema
as Narrator
1987
Virtuous Women
as Foreign Director
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
London Calling
as Tony Rayns
1985
Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio
as Narration
1983
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
as Self
1983
Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns
as Self - Narrator
1983
Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
as Self
1982
Crystal Gazing
as Chinese Takeaway