Atom Egoyan

DirectorProducerWriterActorCrew Jul 19 (age 65) Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt] 1977–2025 (48 year career)

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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 nomin…

Known For

Film

Remember

Director

Film

Chloe

Director

Film

Barney's Version

O'Malley Director #1

Film

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'

Film

The Sweet Hereafter

Director

Film

The Captive

Director

Film

Devil's Knot

Director

Film

Friday the 13th: The Series

Director

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (21)

"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov

as Himself

Viva Varda!

as Self

Talking Heads 2021

as Self

Le cri du rhinocéros

as Self

Missing

Sculpting Memory

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Rewind This!

as Self

The Rep - A Documentary

2012

as Himself

Barney's Version

2010

as O'Malley Director #1

7.0

It Came from Kuchar

2009

as Self

7.0

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006

as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'

7.1

Citadel

2006

as Self

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

2004

as Self

5.0

Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan

The Stupids

as TV Studio Guard

At Sundance

as Self

A Portrait of Arshile

1995

as Voice

8.0

Camilla

1994

as Sea Bunnies Director

Calendar

as Photographer

The Box of Sun

Television (1)

Indie Sex

2007

as Self

5.1

Crew (104)

Movies (102)

Seven Veils

Director

Seven Veils

Producer

Seven Veils

Screenplay

Seven Veils

Writer

Guest of Honour

Director

Guest of Honour

Producer

Guest of Honour

Writer

Mouthpiece

Thanks

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Thanks

Remember

Director

The Captive

Director

The Captive

Producer

The Captive

Screenplay

The Captive

Story

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

Invisible World

Director

Devil's Knot

Director

Stories We Tell

Thanks

Chloe

Director

Adoration

Director

Adoration

Producer

Adoration

Writer

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

Writer

Away from Her

Executive Producer

Citadel

Director

Where the Truth Lies

Director

Where the Truth Lies

Executive Producer

Where the Truth Lies

Screenplay

Luck

Executive Producer

Childstar

Thanks

The Saddest Music in the World

Executive Producer

Foolproof

Executive Producer

Ararat

Director

Ararat

Producer

Ararat

Screenplay

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Executive Producer

Director

Editor

Screenplay

Diaspora

2001

Director

Krapp's Last Tape

Director

Krapp's Last Tape

Editor

Preludes

Director

The Line

2000

Director

The Line

2000

Screenplay

Felicia's Journey

Director

Felicia's Journey

Screenplay

Sarabande

Director

Sarabande

Writer

The Sweet Hereafter

Director

The Sweet Hereafter

Producer

The Sweet Hereafter

Screenplay

Curtis's Charm

Executive Producer

A Portrait of Arshile

1995

Director

8.0

A Portrait of Arshile

Writer

Exotica

Director

Exotica

Producer

Exotica

Screenplay

Calendar

Camera Operator

Calendar

Director

Calendar

Editor

Calendar

Producer

Calendar

Writer

Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

Director

The Adjuster

Director

The Adjuster

Producer

The Adjuster

Writer

Montreal Stories

Director

Montreal Stories

Writer

In Passing

Director

In Passing

Writer

Speaking Parts

Co-Editor

Speaking Parts

Director

Speaking Parts

Producer

Speaking Parts

Writer

Roadkill

Thanks

Looking for Nothing

Director

Looking for Nothing

1988

Screenplay

Family Viewing

Director

Family Viewing

Editor

Family Viewing

Producer

Family Viewing

Writer

In This Corner

Director

Men: A Passion Playground

1985

Director

Next of Kin

Director

Next of Kin

Editor

Next of Kin

Producer

Next of Kin

Writer

Open House

Director

Peep Show

Cinematography

Peep Show

Director

Peep Show

Editor

Peep Show

Writer

After Grad with Dad

Director

Howard in Particular

Cinematography

Howard in Particular

Director

Howard in Particular

Editor

Howard in Particular

Writer

Lust of a Eunuch

Director

Notes for a Possible Sequel

Director

Notes for a Possible Sequel

Writer

Television (2)

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987

Director

7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

Director

7.2