Atom Egoyan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Atom Egoyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (49)
Seven Veils
Director (Directing)
2025
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
as Himself
2024
Viva Varda!
as Self
2023
Talking Heads 2021
as Self
2021
Guest of Honour
Director (Directing)
2020
Mouthpiece
Thanks (Crew)
2019
Le cri du rhinocéros
as Self
2018
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Thanks (Crew)
2017
Missing
2016
Remember
Director (Directing)
2015
Sculpting Memory
2015
The Captive
Director (Directing)
2014
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Rewind This!
as Self
2013
Invisible World
Director (Directing)
2013
Devil's Knot
Director (Directing)
2013
The Rep - A Documentary
as Himself
2012
Stories We Tell
Thanks (Crew)
2012
Barney's Version
as O'Malley Director #1
2010
Chloe
Director (Directing)
2010
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
2009
Adoration
Director (Directing)
2009
To Each His Own Cinema
Director (Directing)
2007
Away from Her
Executive Producer (Production)
2007
Citadel
as Self
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
2006
Where the Truth Lies
Director (Directing)
2005
Childstar
Thanks (Crew)
2004
Luck
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self
2004
Foolproof
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
The Saddest Music in the World
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Executive Producer (Production)
2002
Ararat
Director (Directing)
2002
Diaspora
Director (Directing)
2001
Close
Director (Directing)
2001
Preludes
Director (Directing)
2000
Krapp's Last Tape
Director (Directing)
2000
The Line
Director (Directing)
2000
Felicia's Journey
Director (Directing)
1999
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
1999
Sarabande
Director (Directing)
1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Director (Directing)
1997
The Stupids
as TV Studio Guard
1996
Curtis's Charm
Executive Producer (Production)
1996
A Portrait of Arshile
as Voice
1995
At Sundance
as Self
1995
Camilla
as Sea Bunnies Director
1994
Exotica
Director (Directing)
1994
