As Director, As Writer
Seven Veils
2025
5.7
Atom Egoyan
Acting
Birth date
July 19, 1960
Birth place
Cairo, Egypt
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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As Director, As Writer
Guest of Honour
2020
5.4
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Remember
2015
7.3
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The Captive
2014
5.8
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Rewind This!
2013
6.9
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Devil's Knot
2013
6.2
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Invisible World
2012
6.1
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Chloe
2010
6.1
As Actor
It Came from Kuchar
2009
7.0
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Where the Truth Lies
2005
6.2
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Ararat
2002
6.1
As Director
Krapp's Last Tape
2000
7.4
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Felicia's Journey
1999
6.3
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Sarabande
1997
6.5
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The Sweet Hereafter
1997
6.9
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A Portrait of Arshile
1995
8.0
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Exotica
1994
6.6
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Calendar
1993
6.4
As Director
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
1993
4.3
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The Adjuster
1991
6.1