Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan CC (/ɛˈɡɔɪən/; Armenian: Ատոմ Եղոյեան; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. Emerging in the 1980s as part of the Toronto New Wave, he made his career breakthrough with Exotica (1994), a film set in a strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama The Sweet Hereafter (1997), for which he received two Academy Award nominations. His biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller Chloe (2009).
Egoyan's 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.
He received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past" and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award. Egoyan is married to actress Arsinée Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.904 |
Birthday | 1960-07-19 |
Place of Birth | Cairo, Egypt |
Also Known As | Atom Yeghoyan, |
2023
Viva Varda!
8.1/5
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Talking Heads 2021
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
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Calendar
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The Rep - A Documentary
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2013
Rewind This!
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Camilla
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A Portrait of Arshile
8/1
Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed Armenian artist, Arshile Gorky; Egoyan narrates in English, w...
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1999
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
4.3/3
Documentary about the films of Atom Egoyan.
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2024
I Will Revenge This World With Love - S. Paradjanov
0/0
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1996
The Stupids
4.7/72
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1995
At Sundance
5.5/4
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2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
5/4
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2009
It Came from Kuchar
7/9
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2018
Le cri du rhinocéros
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2015
Sculpting Memory
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2010
Barney's Version
7.037/456
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1988
The Box of Sun
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The Box of Sun
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Citadel
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
5.1/15
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