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Atom Egoyan
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 Tor…
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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.
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2025
Seven Veils
Movie Director
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2024
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Movie Himself
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2023
Viva Varda!
Movie Self
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2021
Talking Heads 2021
Movie Self
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2020
Guest of Honour
Movie Director
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2019
Mouthpiece
Movie Thanks
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2018
Le cri du rhinocéros
Movie Self
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2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie Thanks
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2016
Missing
Movie
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2015
Remember
Movie Director
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2015
Sculpting Memory
Movie
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2014
The Captive
Movie Director
- 2013
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2013
Rewind This!
Movie Self
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2013
Invisible World
Movie Director
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2013
Devil's Knot
Movie Director
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2012
The Rep - A Documentary
Movie Himself
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2012
Stories We Tell
Movie Thanks
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2010
Barney's Version
Movie O'Malley Director #1
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2010
Chloe
Movie Director
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2009
It Came from Kuchar
Movie Self
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2009
Adoration
Movie Director
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie Director
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2007
Indie Sex
TV show Self
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2007
Away from Her
Movie Executive Producer
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2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Movie Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
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2006
Citadel
Movie Self
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2005
Where the Truth Lies
Movie Director
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2005
Mouth to Mouth
Movie Executive Producer
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2004
Childstar
Movie Thanks
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2004
Luck
Movie Executive Producer
- 2004
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2003
Foolproof
Movie Executive Producer
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2003
The Saddest Music in the World
Movie Executive Producer
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2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
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2002
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Movie Executive Producer
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2002
Ararat
Movie Director
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2001
Close
Movie Director
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2001
Diaspora
Movie Director
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2000
Preludes
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