Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan
CC
Egoyan in 2016
Born
Atom Yeghoyan

(1960-07-19) July 19, 1960 (age 64)
Cairo, United Arab Republic
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • Armenia (from 2018)[1]
Alma materTrinity College, Toronto
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1984–present
SpouseArsinée Khanjian
Children1
Websitewww.egofilmarts.com

Atom Egoyan CC (/ɛˈɡɔɪən/;[2] Armenian: Ատոմ Եղոյեան; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker.[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[3]

He received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past"[6] and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award.[7] Egoyan is married to actress Arsinée Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films.

  1. ^ "PM Pashinyan hands Armenian passports to Arsinée Khanjian and Atom Egoyan". Armenpress. 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Say How: E". National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Atom Egoyan Faculty Page at European Graduate School (Biography, bibliography and video lectures)". European Graduate School. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  4. ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (February 23, 2011). "Canstage lures Atom Egoyan back to the stage". The Globe and Mail.
  5. ^ "Atom Egoyan - The Interview". Northernstars.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  6. ^ Dan David Prize Official site, Atom Egoyan Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Atom Egoyan - biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 4 August 2015.