Tony Rayns

Tony Rayns

Tony Rayns (born 1948) is a British writer, film critic, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter. He writes for the British Film Institute's magazine "Sight & Sound. Known for his expertise in East Asian cinema, he provides commentary tracks for DVD releases of Asian films. He coordinated the Dragons and Tigers competition for Asian films at the Vancouver International Film Festival from 1988 to 2006.cite web | last = Bordwell | first = David | coauthors = Thompson, Kristin | title = Vancouver envoi | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=14 | accessdate = 2007-01-10 ] He has also worked as a translator for English subtitles on films from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Thailand. In the 1980s, he presented a series called "New Chinese Cinema" on British television, showing (sometimes rare) films and biographies of eminent Chinese directors.

He wrote the screenplay for "Away with Words", a feature film directed by cinematographer Christopher Doyle, starring Asano Tadanobu. He has written books about Seijun Suzuki, Wong Kar-wai and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author-5357/ Tony Rayns] at Rotten Tomatoes


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