Atom Egoyan

Born: 1960-07-19

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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Barney's Version

as O'Malley Director #1
Released: 2010-10-26

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the...

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Released: 2006-01-26

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by...

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The Stupids

as TV Studio Guard
Released: 1996-08-08

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the...

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Rewind This!

as Self
Released: 2013-08-27

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous....

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Calendar

as Photographer
Released: 1993-06-03

A photographer and his wife travel across Armenia photographing churches for a calendar project....

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded

as uncredited
Released: 2013-08-28

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film...

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Viva Varda!

as Self
Released: 2023-05-17

A pioneering post-war female film director, an instigator of the New Wave who was honored by...

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Camilla

as Sea Bunnies Director
Released: 1994-11-25

Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia...

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It Came from Kuchar

as Self
Released: 2009-09-22

It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground...

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Le cri du rhinocéros

as Self
Released: 2018-11-27

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other...

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Talking Heads 2021

as Self
Released: 2021-09-23

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski,...

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I Will Revenge This World With Love - S. Paradjanov

as Himself
Released: 2024-08-28

The author of the film decides to leave the country where she lives, in connection with the...

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A Portrait of Arshile

as Voice
Released: 1995-01-01

Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed...

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The Rep - A Documentary

as Himself
Released: 2012-10-17

Follows the first year of business for Alex, Charlie, and Nigel as they try to make their...

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At Sundance

as Self
Released: 1995-01-01

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew...

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Sculpting Memory

as uncredited
Released: 2015-05-05

Sculpting Memory places Atom Egoyan in an audiovisual environment woven from the fabric of his...

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The Box of Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1988-09-11

In this silent, surrealist fantasy, thick clouds in a scorched sky prevent the sun from reaching...

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Indie Sex

as Self
First aired: 2007-08-01

Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

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