Atom Egoyan

Known for DirectingBorn 1960-07-19 (age 65)Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

The Box of Sun

Diaspora

Curtis's Charm

Looking for Nothing

After Grad with Dad

A Portrait of Arshile

Viva Varda!

Lust of a Eunuch

Remember

Krapp's Last Tape

Stories We Tell

It Came from Kuchar

Friday the 13th: The Series

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Away from Her

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Barney's Version

Rewind This!

The Line

In Passing

The Sweet Hereafter

In This Corner

The Saddest Music in the World

"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Exotica

To Each His Own Cinema

Sarabande

Devil's Knot

Felicia's Journey

Chloe

Calendar

Where the Truth Lies

Ararat

Foolproof

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

Adoration

The Captive

The Adjuster

Luck

Peep Show

Seven Veils

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Invisible World

Speaking Parts

At Sundance

Roadkill