Can Togay
Can Togay [ʤɑn Togɑj], Can Togay János [ʤɑn Togɑj Ja:nos] at times (Budapest, August 27 1995 – ) Hungarian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet.
Biography
Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He spent his childhood in Germany. In 1969 he joined the Halász Péter troupe. Between 1973 and 1978 he studied on the German and English faculty of Eötvös Loránd University, followed by two years of post-gradual on the French faculty of Sorbonne he finished in 1980. In 1984 he graduated from the faculty of direction of the Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola (Highschool of Theatrical and Video Arts) in Budapest as the student of Zoltán Fábri. In 1991 he moved to Finland for four years.
In 1978 he had poems published in the Mozgó Világ (Moving World). In 2004 his first collection of poems was released by the publisher Aranykor Kiadó (Golden Age Publisher). He came up with the idea of the holocaust memorial Cipők a Duna-parton (Shoes on the Danube bank) in Budapest, and was also a co-maker of it with Gyula Pauer.
From Janury 1 2008 he is the headmaster of the Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin.
He is married, and the father of three children.
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 Holiday House | Long 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 | Long feature film |
| 1997 | Glamour | Glamour | Long feature film |
| 2000 | A Hídember | The Bridgeman | Long feature film with Géza Bereményi |
| 2003 | Szerelemtől sújtva | Stricken by Love | Long 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 | Long feature film | Protagonist | Ferenc Kardos |
| Mozart és Salieri (Hungarian) | Mozart and Salieri | Long feature film | Title character | András Surányi |
| Le dernier métro (French) | The Last Metro | Long feature film | Episode actor | Francois Truffaut |
| Redl ezredes (Hungarian) | Colonel Redl | Long feature film | Episode actor | István Szabó |
| Erőltetett menet (American-Hungarian) | Forced March | Long feature film | Episode actor | Nick Rice |
| Eszterkönyv (Hungarian) | Eszter-book | Long feature film | Episode actor | Krisztina Deák |
| Malina (Ger.-Aus.-Fr.) | Malina | Long feature film | Protagonist | Werner Schröter |
| Zsötem (Hungarian) | Zsötem | Long feature film | Episode actor | András Salamon |
| Blue Exile (Ger.-Tur.-Greek) | Blue Exile | Long feature film | Protagonist | Kiral Erden |
| Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (Turkish) | An Autumn Story | Long feature film | Progatonist | Yavuz Özkan |
| Franciska vasárnapjai (Hungarian) | The Sundays of Franciska | Long feature film | Episode actor | Sándor Simó |
| Fosforlu Cevriye (Turkish) | Fosforlu Cevriye | TV film | Protagonist | Mustafa Altioklar |
| A Hídember (Hungarian) | The Bridgeman | Long feature film | Episode actor | Géza Bereményi |
| Sniper 2 (American) | Sniper 2 | Long feature film | Episode actor | Craig R. Baxley |
| Rózsadomb (Ger.-Hun) | Rosemound | Long 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