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Atom Egoyan
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Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent (born 1960)
Film & TV
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),…
Known for
- "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov — Himself2024
- Viva Varda! — Self2023
- Talking Heads 2021 — Self2021
- Le cri du rhinocéros — Self2018
- Missing2016
- Sculpting Memory2015
- Rewind This! — Self2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013
- The Rep - A Documentary — Himself2012
- Barney's Version — O'Malley Director #12010
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Atom Yeghoyan , ( 1960-07-19 ) July 19, 1960 (age 65) , Cairo , United Arab Republic
- Citizenship
- Canada Armenia (from 2018)
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Toronto
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Spouse
- Arsinée Khanjian
- Website
- www .egofilmarts .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ego Film Arts
The official website of Atom Egoyan. Find information about his film, theatre, opera, short film and art installation projects and how to get in touch with his agents.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Spouse
- Arsinée Khanjian
- Occupation
- film editor
- Employer
- University of Toronto
- Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Official website
- egofilmarts.com
- Image
- Atomegoya.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Atom Egoyan
- date of birth
- 1960-07-19
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- topic has template
- Template:Atom Egoyan
- birth name
- Ադոմ Էկոյան
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Atom Egoyan
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- artist files at
- Université du Québec à Montréal
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atom Egoyan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.