Gorjan Tozija graduated art history and archeology at the University "Kiril and Metodij" in Skopje.

From 1979 to 1993, he works for Jadran Film - Zagreb. In the period of 1993 till 1997 he is Director and Producer of Vardar Film. In that period Vardar Film realized Before the Rain, Angels of the Dump, Across the Lake, Gipsy Magic, but also several co-productions like: Felix (French, Slovenia, Macedonia), Night (Albania, Macedonia) and was involved in foreign productions that ware pictured in Macedonia: Peacemaker (Dreamworks) and Welcome to Sarajevo (Miramax).

During his career he worked on over 50 film and TV projects. In 2000 he was a president of the Macedonian Film Professionals Association.