Atom Egoyan
Known For
Directing
Born
1960-07-19 in Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]
Biography
Atom Egoyan CC (/ɛˈɡɔɪən/; Armenian: Ատոմ Եղոյեան, romanized: Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is an Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made his career breakthrough with Exotica (1994), a hyperlink film set in a strip club. He followed this with his most critically acclaimed film, The Sweet Hereafter (1997), an adaptation of the Russell Banks novel of the same name, for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Egoyan's other significant films include The Adjuster (1991), Ararat (2002), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Adoration (2008), Chloe (2009), Devil's Knot (2013), and Remember (2015). His works often explore themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. His films often follow non-linear plot structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. Many of his films also draw on his experiences as a first-generation immigrant, and as a member of the Armenian diaspora. In addition to his Oscar nods, Egoyan has won eight Genie/Canadian Screen Awards, out of 25 total nominations. He received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past" and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He has been a member of the Order of Canada since 1999, and was ascended to Companion in 2015. Egoyan is married to actress Arsinée Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Atom Egoyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Indie Sex
as Self
Calendar
as Photographer
The Stupids
as TV Studio Guard
Viva Varda!
as Self
Barney's Version
as O'Malley Director #1
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Camilla
as Sea Bunnies Director
Citadel
as Self
Talking Heads 2021
as Self
Sculpting Memory
At Sundance
as Self
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self
Rewind This!
as Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self
Missing
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
as Himself
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
