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Atom Egoyan CC (/ ɛ ˈ ɡ ɔɪ ə n /; 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.
Atom Egoyan is a Canadian director, writer and producer of Armenian descent. He is known for his films The Sweet Hereafter, Ararat, Chloe and Exotica, among others.
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Atom Egoyan. Director: The Sweet Hereafter. Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, he was raised in Western Canada. Both his parents were painters, and he planned to be a playwright, but after making a short film, he became hooked on telling stories visually.
- July 19, 1960
Atom Egoyan (born Atom Yeghoyan), CC, FRCA, writer, director, producer, artist (born 19 July 1960 in Cairo, Egypt). Atom Egoyan is one of Canada’s most acclaimed and influential filmmakers. Cerebral and unconventional, his films are often told in a non-linear style.
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.
- 'The Sweet Hereafter' (1997) IMDb: 7.5/10. Egoyan's most acclaimed movie explores the aftermath of a school bus accident in a small Canadian town. The vehicle slid on a patch of ice and plunged into a lake, killing fourteen children on board and wounding others.
- 'Remember' (2015) IMDb: 7.5/10. Christopher Plummer stars as Zev Guttman, an elderly Holocaust survivor living in a nursing home. He is haunted by the memory of his family's murder during World War II and embarks on a mission to seek justice.
- 'Exotica' (1994) IMDb: 7.0/10. Tax auditor Francis (Bruce Greenwood) is a broken man. Sometime before the film's beginning, his daughter was kidnapped and murdered.
- 'Felicia's Journey' (1999) IMDb: 7.0/10. This dark psychological thriller follows Felicia (Elaine Cassidy), a pregnant Irish teenager who travels to England in search of her boyfriend, Johnny (Peter McDonald).
Jan 28, 2015 · Quite simply one of the strongest and most impressive feature debuts in cinematic history. The end sequence, with its fused alchemy of opera, movement, and camera as Lou Castel writhes on the floor, is unforgettable. Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan has directed fourteen features.
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