TOKAY «STOP MOTION IS NOT DEAD!»
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TOKAY is a Swiss-Turkish director and designer based in Switzerland. He grew up in the city of Bern, where he started experimenting with in camera stop motion animation at a very young age. During his later schooldays he explored and documented the local nightlife and underground scene using old MiniDV cams and played visuals at multiple events. He also created various short films and music videos in the Swiss Alps with simple means.
In his work, connecting image and sound, his main focus lies in the interaction between light and perception. He likes to limit himself to basic materials and simple workflows and he tries to push the boundaries to create visual illusions working with texture, materiality, light and perspective.
Thanks to his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he specialized mainly in crafting and stop motion animation. During his undergraduate studies, Tokay co-directed and animated the ident «Fantastic Adventures» for Cartoon Network in stop motion and graduated with the co-directed Film DUDE. After that he had the chance to work on projects for Adult Swim and direct a music video Intro for Coldplay. With his award winning master graduation film DOUBLE OR NOTHING he had a great festival tour and is now looking forward to new film and design projects.
CV
- 2021 - 2025
- Masterstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst
- 2018 - 2021
- Bachelorstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst
- 2017 - 2018
- Rö, Röthlisberger Innenausbau & Kollektion
- 2014 - 2018
- Schreiner EFZ TFB, Technische Fachschule Bern
Contact
- Mail: contact@tokay.tv
- Vimeo / Instagram / Web: @tokay.tv
Works / Filmography /Festivals
- 2023 - 2025
- DOUBLE OR NOTHING, MA Graduation Film 2024
- Feels Like I'm Falling in Love - Music Video Intro for Coldplay 2022
- Merry Driftmas - XMAS Special for Adult Swim
- 2021
- Dude Bachelor Abschlussfilm
- 2020
- Cartoon Network Ident «Fantastic Adventures»
- «Cargo» gestickter Trailer für ein zukünftiges Filmprojekt.
- 2019
- Mithilfe bei der Animation von «Golema». Ein Film von Geena Gasser und Amon Zucker.
- Teilnahme an «Out of Home Animation» an der Hochschule Luzern, Blankenburg (BE)
- Teilnahme an «Animation Unplugged» an der Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg (DE)
- Audiovisuelle Installation, «The Colors of the Sea», Neubad Luzern
- 24h Animationsmarathon mit Georges Schwizgebel. Ecole Ceruleum, Lausanne
- 2018
- Abschlussaustellung Gestalterische Berufsmaturität Gibb, Lorraine, Bern
- 2012
- «Hauptstadtlegenden», Teilnahme am Filmfestival Rostige Hund.
