Picture to download
Films in our database:
1990:
Shooting Gallery
(Director)
1992:
Video Blues
(Director)
1992:
Video Blues
(Screenplay)
1996:
Lost Leading Man
(Director)
1996:
Lost Leading Man
(Screenplay)
1998:
Fly Trap - "Improvisations and Teachings" (Version No. 1)
(Director)
1998:
Fly Trap - "Improvisations and Teachings" (Version No. 1)
(Screenplay)
1998:
Fly Trap - "Improvisations and Teachings" (Version No. 1)
(Music)
1998:
Fly Trap - "Improvisations and Teachings" (Version No. 1)
(Producer)
2001:
Abandoned
(Director)
2001:
Abandoned
(Screenplay)
2005:
Rhythms
(Director)
2005:
Rhythms
(Music)
2006:
Circle
(Director)
2006:
Circle
(Screenplay)
2006:
Circle
(Music)
2009:
The Seventh Circle
(Director)
2009:
The Seventh Circle
(Screenplay)
Árpád Sopsits
(Born in 1952, Szeged, Hungary)
He graduated in adult education and library studies at the Debrecen Teachers' Training Institute. He studied film and television directing at the Hungarian Academy of Theatre and Film (Budapest) between 1975 and 1980. He wrote scripts for many years and worked as a director's assistant.
His first feature film
Shooting Gallery
was made in 1989 and had it's world premiere immediately at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes, where it received his first award, followed by many others.
His two other feature films,
Videoblues
and
Abandoned
were awarded in Locarno and Berlin respectively, and became, as many of his short films, real festival hits.
He is also an internationally well known stage director. Béla Balázs Award (1994)
filmography
1978: Free Pass into the Bomb-Crater / Szabadjegy a bombatölcsérbe (s)
1980:
Grand Cafe Niagara
/ Niagara Nagykávéház
1989:
Shooting Gallery
/ Céllövölde
1992:
Video Blues
/ Video blues
1994: Fear and Trembling (Interlude) / Félelem és reszketés (Közjáték) (s/TV)
1995: Ritual / Rítus (d/TV)
1996:
Lost Leading Man
/ Derengő
1998: Fly Trap / Légyfogó (TV)
1998: The Negative Man / A negatív ember (TV)
2001:
Abandoned
/ Torzók
2005: Rhythms / Ritmusok (s)
2006: Circle / Forgás (s)
2006: Mood Swings / Kilengések (s)
2007: Panorama / Panoráma (s)
2009:
The Seventh Circle
/ A hetedik kör