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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. 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.
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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-born Canadian writer and director who was known for his nuanced character studies of people in unconventional circumstances. His notable movies included Next of Kin, The Sweet Hereafter, and Felicia’s Last Journey. Learn more about Egoyan’s life and career.
Jul 20, 2020 · The 2015 elderly Nazi-hunter drama Remember, starring Christopher Plummer, is worth a look for one of Martin Landau’s final performances. A beginner’s path through the puzzlebox narratives of Atom Egoyan.
Atom Egoyan is one of the most celebrated contemporary filmmakers on the international scene. His body of work – which includes theatre, music, and art installations - delves into issues of memory, displacement, and the impact of technology and media on modern life.
Jul 27, 2020 · Egoyan’s plotlines, with their shuffled timelines and accordingly unwieldy relationship to cause-and-effect dramaturgy, inspire curiosity—that most thrilling and weightless of moviegoing sensations—while also requiring completion in the viewer’s consciousness.
