8.1
8.1
Viva Varda!
2023
as Self
Atom Egoyan
Directing
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Atom Egoyan (; 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. In addition to his Oscar nods, Egoyan has won eight Genie/Canadian Screen Awards, out of 25 total nominations. He received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past" and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He has been a member of the Order of Canada since 1999, and was ascended to Companion in 2015. Egoyan is married to actress Arsinée Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films.
Filmography (60 movies)
8.0
8.0
A Portrait of Arshile
1995
Writer
7.4
7.4
Krapp's Last Tape
2000
Director
7.3
7.3
Remember
2015
Director
7.0
7.0
Away from Her
2007
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
7.0
7.0
In Passing
1991
Director
6.9
6.9
Rewind This!
2013
as Self
6.9
6.9
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
Director
6.7
6.7
The Saddest Music in the World
2003
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Exotica
1994
Director
6.5
6.5
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
as Himself
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Writer
6.5
6.5
Sarabande
1997
Director
6.3
6.3
Calendar
1993
Director
6.3
6.3
Felicia's Journey
1999
Director
6.2
6.2
Devil's Knot
2013
Director
6.1
6.1
Where the Truth Lies
2005
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Chloe
2010
Director
6.1
6.1
Ararat
2002
Director
6.1
6.1
Invisible World
2013
Director
6.0
6.0
The Adjuster
1991
Producer
5.9
5.9
Peep Show
1981
Writer
5.9
5.9
Adoration
2009
Director
5.9
5.9
Speaking Parts
1990
Writer
5.8
5.8
The Captive
2014
Director
5.6
5.6
Seven Veils
2025
Director
5.6
5.6
Next of Kin
1984
Producer
5.6
5.6
Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Camilla
1994
as Sea Bunnies Director
5.5
5.5
At Sundance
1995
as Self
5.4
5.4
Family Viewing
1987
Producer
5.4
5.4
Guest of Honour
2020
Producer
5.2
5.2
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Director
5.2
5.2
Luck
2004
Executive Producer
5.0
5.0
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
as Self
5.0
5.0
Le cri du rhinocéros
2018
as Self
5.0
5.0
Open House
1982
Director
5.0
5.0
Howard in Particular
1979
Director
4.7
4.7
The Stupids
1996
as TV Studio Guard
4.7
4.7
Montreal Stories
1991
Director
4.3
4.3
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
1999
3.9
3.9
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
1993
Director
Sculpting Memory
2015
Citadel
2006
Director
The Box of Sun
1988
The Rep - A Documentary
2012
as Himself
Missing
2016
Butterfly
2013
Director
Preludes
2000
Director
Lust of a Eunuch
1977
Director
After Grad with Dad
1980
Director
Curtis's Charm
1996
Executive Producer
Notes for a Possible Sequel
TBA
Writer
In This Corner
1986
Director
Men: A Passion Playground
1985
Director
Looking for Nothing
1988
Screenplay
The Line
2000
Director
Diaspora
2001
Director
Close
2001
Director
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