About Árpád Sopsits
Lived 1952 – 2025 (aged 72). Árpád Sopsits was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Árpád Sopsits (2 May 1952 – 6 March 2025) was a Hungarian theatre and film director and screenwriter. In 1994 he won the Béla Balázs Award.
Life and career Sopsits started his studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen, Cours of Folk Culture and Library. Between 1975 and 1979 he studied directing at the Academy of Drama and Film in Buadapest the class of Károly Makk. From 1974 he worked at the Institute of Philosophy at Semmelweis University, and later as a scriptwriter for Mafilm. In 1994 he was awarded the Béla Balázs Prize.
He worked at the Budapesti Kamaraszínház (2001–2004, 2008, 2011), the Gyulai Várszínház (2002, 2010), the Új Színház (2003), the Szabadkai Népszínház (2005), the National Theatre (2006, 2009), the Merlin Theatre (2011), the Vígszínház (2012) and at the Szekszárdi Német Színház (2013).
Sopsits died on 6 March 2025, at the age of 72.
Theatrical works A number of performances are registered in the Színházi Adattár; as author: 5, as actor: 2, as director: 19; as set designer: 9; as costume designer: 2.
Author Sopsits: Dosztojevszkij: Bűn és bűnhődés a rácsok mögött (2001) Gogol-Sopsits: Egy őrült naplója (2003) Brestyánszki-Sopsits: Álomlakó (2005) Sopsits: Fekete angyal (2008) Gyulay-Sopsits: Psyché (2010) Sopsits: Die Verwandlung (2013)
Actor Brestyánszki-Sopsits: Álomlakó....Aranyarc Barfuss: Szüleink szexuális neurózisai, avagy Dora élettörténete....Dora apja
Director, designer Designer means: scenographer (s) or/and costume designer (cd)
Sposits: Dosztojevszkij: Bűn és bűnhődés a rácsok mögött (2001) (cd) William Shakespeare: Falstaff (IV. Henrik) (2002) Ghelderode: Kószál a nagy kaszás (2002) Gogol-Sopsits: Egy őrült naplója (2003) (s, cd) Shepard: Hazug képzelet (2003) Büchner: A létező (2004) Büchner: Woyzeck (2004) Brestyánszki-Sopsits: Álomlakó (2005) (s) Szophoklész: Oidipusz király (2006) Szophoklész: Oidipusz Kolónoszban (2006) Sopsits: Fekete angyal (2008) (s, cd) Williams: Orpheusz alászáll (2009) Gyulay-Sopsits: Psyché (2010) (s) Barfuss: Szüleink szexuális neurózisai, avagy Dora élettörténete (2011) (s) Marber: Közelebb! (Closer) (2011) (s) Oksanen: Tisztogatás (2011) Esterházy Péter: Csokonai Lili – Tizenhét hattyúk (2012) Kafka: Die Verwandlung (2013) (s)
Filmography Szabadjegy a bombatölcsérbe (1978) Niagara Nagykávéház (1980) Céllövölde (1990) Video Blues (1992) Félelem és reszketés (1994) Rítus (1995) Derengő (1996) Légyfogó (1998) A negatív ember (1998) Abandoned (Torzók) (2001) Tálentum (2001) Harasztÿ István (2003) Ritmusok (2004) Forgás (2005) Kocsmakoncert (2006) A hetedik kör (2008) Strangled (A martfűi rém) (2016)
Awards
Showing all 17 wins and 3 nominations
Annonay International Festival of films 1991Winner Special MentionCéllövölde (1990)
Bergamo Film Meeting 2002Winner Silver Rosa CamunaAbandoned / Torzók (2001)1990Winner Bronze Rosa CamunaCéllövölde (1990)
Tied with Warten in der Dämmerung (1989) and _Gorod Zero (1988)_.
Annonay International Festival of First films 2002Winner CamérioBest Film Torzók (2001)Best Screenplay Torzók (2001)Winner C.I.F.E.J. AwardTorzók (2001)
Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema 2002Winner Environment and Health AwardTorzók (2001)
Chicago International Film Festival 2001Nominee Gold HugoBest Feature Torzók (2001)1990Nominee Gold HugoBest Feature Céllövölde (1990)
Hungarian Film Critics Awards 2002Winner Film Critics AwardBest Director Torzók (2001)
Hungarian Film Week 2017Winner
Best Visual DesignBest Production Design
A martfüi rém (2016)
Shared with:
Rita DévényiWinner
Best DirectorLong Feature Competition
A martfüi rém (2016)Long Feature Competition
A martfüi rém (2016) ( (feature film))Winner
Best Production DesignBest Production Design
A martfüi rém (2016)
Shared with:
Rita Dévényi (production designer)2001Winner
Best DirectorTorzók (2001)
Locarno International Film Festival 1992Nominee Golden LeopardVideo Blues (1992)
Montréal World Film Festival Winner Grand Prix des AmériquesTorzók (2001)
Tied with Baran (2001).Winner Prize of the Ecumenical JuryTorzók (2001)
Parma International Music Film Festival, IT 2017Winner Silver Violet (Violetta dArgento)Best Film A martfüi rém (2016)
Prix Europa 2001Winner
Prix Europa SpecialTV Fiction
Torzók (2001)
Shared with:
László Kántor
Péter Szatmári
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Who was Árpád Sopsits?
Hungarian film director (1952–2025)
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Árpád Sopsits was born on 2 May 1952 in Szeged.
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Árpád Sopsits died on 6 March 2025.
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Árpád Sopsits was a film director and screenwriter.
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Árpád Sopsits was Hungarian.
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