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Tony Rayns - Actor & Filmmaker | The Couch Critic

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Place of Birth

Great Britain

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Acting

Gender

Male

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25

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2

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Antony Rayns

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Tony Rayns

Biography

Antony Rayns (born 1948) is a British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter.

An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy' poster

An American Picture: Tony Rayns on 'An American Tragedy'

January 15, 2024

Slicing At The Stars

An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident poster

An Innovative Feature Film Debut: Tony Rayns on the Black Cannon Incident

Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition' poster

Damaged Romance: Tony Rains on 'Audition'

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen poster

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

Tony Rayns on Cruel Story of Youth

August 17, 2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema poster

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

October 1, 2014

The Art of Akira Kurosawa poster

The Art of Akira Kurosawa

Serialized Success

Jury poster

Jury

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer poster

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

October 1, 2012

Tony Rayns on Pigs and Battleships

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences poster

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

September 4, 2006

Jubilee: A Time Less Golden

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema poster

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Hold You Tight poster

Hold You Tight

as Rosa's Friend

The Cinema on the Road poster

The Cinema on the Road

Derek Jarman: A Portrait poster

Derek Jarman: A Portrait

January 25, 1991

New Chinese Cinema poster

New Chinese Cinema

Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio poster

Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio

October 23, 1985

Home Movies 1971-81 poster

Home Movies 1971-81

January 1, 1985

London Calling poster

London Calling

January 1, 1985

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

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

September 28, 1983

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns poster

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

as Narrator / Himself

September 14, 1983

Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns poster

Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns