Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Atom Yeghoyan

Birth Date

7/19/1960 (66)

Birth Place

Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]

Biography

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...

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Total Credits

52

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Directing

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Frequent Collaborators

Mychael Danna

Mychael Danna

25 films together

Paul Sarossy

Paul Sarossy

21 films together

Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian

17 films together

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

4 films together

Wong Kar-Wai

Wong Kar-Wai

4 films together

Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen

4 films together

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