Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 19, 1960
Place of Birth
Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]
Credits
74 titles
Atom Egoyan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Seven Veils
Director
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Himself
Viva Varda!
Self
Talking Heads 2021
Self
Guest of Honour
Director
Mouthpiece
Thanks
Le cri du rhinocéros
Self
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Thanks
Missing
Remember
Director
Sculpting Memory
The Captive
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Rewind This!
Self
Invisible World
Director
Devil's Knot
Director
The Rep - A Documentary
Himself
Stories We Tell
Thanks
Barney's Version
O'Malley Director #1
Chloe
Director
It Came from Kuchar
Self
Adoration
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Indie Sex
Self
Away from Her
Executive Producer
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Citadel
Self
Where the Truth Lies
Director
Mouth to Mouth
Executive Producer
Childstar
Thanks
Luck
Executive Producer
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self
Foolproof
Executive Producer
The Saddest Music in the World
Executive Producer
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Executive Producer
Ararat
Director
Close
Director
Diaspora
Director
Preludes
Director
Krapp's Last Tape
Director
The Line
Director
Felicia's Journey
Director
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
Sarabande
Director
The Sweet Hereafter
Director
The Stupids
TV Studio Guard
Curtis's Charm
Executive Producer
At Sundance
Self
A Portrait of Arshile
Voice