Can Togay
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Can Togay (Turkish: [ˈdʒanˈtoɡaj]; born August 27, 1955), also known as János Can Togay, is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet, producer, cultural manager and cultural diplomat.
Biography
Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He grew up in Budapest, Hungary and Leipzig, East Germany. In 1969, he joined the Péter Halász theatre troupe in Budapest. Between 1973 and 1978, he studied German and English literature and linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, followed by two years of post-graduate work on German-French comparative linguistics with Jean-Marie Zemb at Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. He graduated in 1980. In 1984, he received a degree in film directing from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, he was a student of Zoltán Fábri. In 1991 he moved to Finland for four years.
His 1992 film A nyaraló was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1978, his poems were published in Mozgó Világ (Moving World). In 2004, his first volume of poetry was released by the publisher, Aranykor Kiadó (Golden Age Publisher). He conceived the idea of the Holocaust Memorial Cipők a Duna-parton (Shoes on the Danube Promenade) in Budapest that was realised with artist Gyula Pauer.
Between January 1, 2008 and October 1, 2014, he was head of Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, the Hungarian Institute for Science and Culture in Berlin; he was also the cultural attaché at the Hungarian Embassy in the German capital.
Works
| Year | Original title | English title | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Grand Hotel a Szakadékhoz | Grand Hotel to the Abyss | Short, documentary |
| 1982 | Tangó – a változások kora | Tango – The Age of Changes | Short feature film |
| 1983 | Ember az égből | A Man from the Sky | Short feature film |
| 1984 | Az ördög napja | The Day of the Devil | 40 minutes, short feature film |
| 1985 | Volga | Volga | Documentary with Gábor Ferenczi |
| 1991 | A nyaraló | The Summer Guest | Feature film |
| 1999 | Egy tél az Isten háta mögött | A Winter in The Back of Beyond | Long feature film |
| Year | Original title | English title | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | A sziget | The Island | Finnish short |
| 1996 | Napfogyatkozás 2000 | Solar Eclipse 2000 | Feature film |
| 1997 | Glamour | Glamour | Feature film |
| 2000 | A Hídember | The Bridgeman | Feature film with Géza Bereményi |
| 2003 | Szerelemtől sújtva | Stricken by Love | Feature film with Tamás Sas |
| 2004 | Történetek az Elveszett Birodalomból | Stories from the Lost Empire | TV, based on Árpád Ajtony's writings with Frigyes Gödrös |
| 2007 | A barátkozás lehetőségei | The Possibilities of Making Friends | TV, based on Ádám Bodor's friends with Gábor Ferenczi |
| Original title | Title in English | Genre | Role | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petőfi '73 (Hungarian) | Petőfi '73 | Feature film | Protagonist | Ferenc Kardos |
| Mozart és Salieri (Hungarian) | Mozart and Salieri | Feature film | Title character | András Surányi |
| Le dernier métro (French) | The Last Metro | Feature film | Episode actor | François Truffaut |
| Redl ezredes (Hungarian) | Colonel Redl | Feature film | Episode actor | István Szabó |
| Erőltetett menet (American-Hungarian) | Forced March | Feature film | Episode actor | Nick Rice |
| Eszterkönyv (Hungarian) | Eszter-book | Feature film | Episode actor | Krisztina Deák |
| Malina (Ger.-Aus.-Fr.) | Malina | Feature film | Protagonist | Werner Schröter |
| Zsötem (Hungarian) | Zsötem | Feature film | Episode actor | András Salamon |
| The Blue Exile (Ger.-Tur.-Greek) | Blue Exile | Feature film | Protagonist | Kiral Erden |
| Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (Turkish) | An Autumn Story | Feature film | Protagonist | Yavuz Özkan |
| Franciska vasárnapjai (Hungarian) | The Sundays of Franciska | Feature film | Episode actor | Sándor Simó |
| Fosforlu Cevriye (Turkish) | Fosforlu Cevriye | TV film | Protagonist | Mustafa Altioklar |
| A Hídember (Hungarian) | The Bridgeman | Feature film | Episode actor | Géza Bereményi |
| Sniper 2 (American) | Sniper 2 | Feature film | Episode actor | Craig R. Baxley |
| Rózsadomb (Ger.-Hun) | Rosemound | Feature film | Episode actor | Mari Cantu |
Awards
- Balázs Béla-award
- München, High School Film Festival, Award for Best High School Program, Special Mention – The Day of the Devil
- Manuscrit de Vercorin screenplay award 95 – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Budapesti Filmszemle 1999, Award for Best Actor (Eperjes Károly) – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Szocsi 00 international competition – Surcharge of the Jury – A Winter in The Back of Beyond
- Alexandria Filmfesztivál 1994, Best Male Actor – An Autumn Story
- Movie Actor of the Year – Award of the Turkish Movie Actors' Association – An Autumn Story
External links
- at IMDb