Atom Egoyan
Director
Biography
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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Filmography
Barney's Version
as O'Malley Director #1 2010
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies' 2006
The Stupids
as TV Studio Guard 1996
Rewind This!
as Self 2013
Calendar
as Photographer 1993
Camilla
as Sea Bunnies Director 1994
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
It Came from Kuchar
as Self 2009
Viva Varda!
as Self 2023
At Sundance
as Self 1995
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self 2004
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
1999
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
as Himself 2024
Talking Heads 2021
as Self 2021
A Portrait of Arshile
as Voice 1995
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self 2018
The Rep - A Documentary
as Himself 2012