Tony Rayns
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Antony Rayns | |
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Born | 1948 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | commentator, screenwriter |
Antony Rayns (born 1948) is a British
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.[1] 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 has also worked as a translator for English subtitles on films from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.[citation needed] For example, he wrote the English subtitles for the films of Huang Ming-chuan in the 1990s in Taiwan. He has also been given two awards for services to Japanese cinema: the Kawakita Prize in 2004 and the Foreign Ministry of Japan's Commendation in 2008.[2]
He wrote the screenplay for
Works
DVD commentary tracks
- Accattone - Masters of Cinema
- Akasen Chitai - Masters of Cinema.
- Criterion Collection.
- An Actor's Revenge - BFI
- Criterion Collection.
- Daughter of the Nile - Cohen Film Collection.
- The Face of Another - Masters of Cinema.
- The Host - Magnolia Home Entertainment, with director Bong Joon-ho.
- Criterion Collection.
- Manila in the Claws of Light - Criterion Collection.
- Criterion Collection.
- Criterion Collection, with director Bong Joon-ho.
- Pitfall - Masters of Cinema.
- Criterion Collection, with film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince and Donald Richie.
- Still Life - BFI.
- Criterion Collection.
- Criterion Collectionfor their edition.
- Vengeance Is Mine - Masters of Cinema.
- Criterion Collection.
- Criterion Collection, with director Edward Yang.
- Sansho Dayu - Masters of Cinema.
- Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain - Masters of Cinema
References
- ^ Bordwell, David; Thompson, Kristin. "Vancouver envoi". Retrieved 10 January 2007.
- ^ "Tony Rayns". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Tony Rayns". British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
External links
- Tony Rayns at IMDb
- Tony Rayns at Rotten Tomatoes