Film critic, translator and festival programmer
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Key moments and achievements from Tony Rayns's life.
Tony was born
· London, England, United Kingdom
Role
Rayns started writing for the British Film Institute's Monthly Film Bulletin in the early 1970s, launching a critical career that also reached Sight and Sound, Time Out and Film Comment.
Role
Rayns started writing for the British Film Institute's Monthly Film Bulletin in the early 1970s, launching a critical career that also reached Sight and Sound, Time Out and Film Comment.
Founding
Programming director Alan Franey hired Rayns to run a strand called Cinema of the Pacific Rim, which was renamed Dragons and Tigers a few years later and became a showcase for Asian cinema in North America.
Founding
Programming director Alan Franey hired Rayns to run a strand called Cinema of the Pacific Rim, which was renamed Dragons and Tigers a few years later and became a showcase for Asian cinema in North America.
Discovery
Rayns selected the director's graduation short Incoherence for the Vancouver and Hong Kong film festivals, its first exposure outside Korea.
Discovery
Rayns selected the director's graduation short Incoherence for the Vancouver and Hong Kong film festivals, its first exposure outside Korea.
Founding
Rayns served as an adviser when the festival launched, helping shape its early identity as a showcase for new Asian cinema.
Founding
Rayns served as an adviser when the festival launched, helping shape its early identity as a showcase for new Asian cinema.
Award
Rayns was honored for his contribution to introducing Japanese cinema abroad; Japan's Foreign Ministry gave him a further commendation in 2008.
Award
Rayns was honored for his contribution to introducing Japanese cinema abroad; Japan's Foreign Ministry gave him a further commendation in 2008.
Award
The Korean Film Council gave Rayns its inaugural plaque of appreciation, timed to a Busan International Film Festival documentary examining his twenty-five years of engagement with Korean cinema.
Award
The Korean Film Council gave Rayns its inaugural plaque of appreciation, timed to a Busan International Film Festival documentary examining his twenty-five years of engagement with Korean cinema.
Publication
Rayns interviewed Bong Joon Ho for the cover of Sight and Sound and saw a second edition of his BFI Film Classic on In the Mood for Love published the same year.
Publication
Rayns interviewed Bong Joon Ho for the cover of Sight and Sound and saw a second edition of his BFI Film Classic on In the Mood for Love published the same year.
Tony Rayns passed away
