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
Mafilm was established in 1948. It has been the largest and most significant film studio in Hungary and a strategic base for the Hungarian film industry. Mafilm's history has seen days of glory, just as it has survived severe agonies. The roots ...
. 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
The Comedy Theatre of Budapest () is a theatre in Budapest. Starting in the late 19th century as an opposition to the conservative National Theatre (Budapest), National Theatre, it became a pioneer institution of Hungary, Hungarian drama, and one o ...
'' (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
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works " The Nose", " Viy", "The Overcoat", and " Nevsky Prosp ...
-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
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
: 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
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of real ...
: 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
Strangling or strangulation is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain by restricting the flow of oxygen through the trachea. Fatal strangulation typically occurs ...
'' (''A martfűi rém'') (2016)
Awards
Showing all 17 wins and 3 nominations
Annonay International Festival of films
Bergamo Film Meeting
Annonay International Festival of First films
Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema
Chicago International Film Festival
Hungarian Film Critics Awards
Hungarian Film Week
Locarno International Film Festival
Montréal World Film Festival
Parma International Music Film Festival, IT
Prix Europa
Bibliography
* ''MTI Who's Who 2009.'' Ed. Péter Hermann. Budapest: MTI. 2008.
References
External links
*
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1952 births
2025 deaths
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian film producers
Hungarian male screenwriters
Hungarian male film actors
20th-century Hungarian screenwriters