- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]
Atom Egoyan
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 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 stru…
Filmography
movieSeven Veils
2025 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movie"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024 · Himself
movieViva Varda!
2023 · Self
Talking Heads 2021
movieTalking Heads 2021
2021 · Self
movieGuest of Honour
2020 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieMouthpiece
2019 · Thanks
movieLe cri du rhinocéros
2018 · Self
movieCinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · Thanks
Missing
movieMissing
2016
movieRemember
2015 · Director
movieSculpting Memory
2015
movieThe Captive
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · , Director
movieRewind This!
2013 · Self
movieInvisible World
2013 · Director
movieDevil's Knot
2013 · Director
movieThe Rep - A Documentary
2012 · Himself
movieStories We Tell
2012 · Thanks
movieBarney's Version
2010 · O'Malley Director #1
movieChloe
2010 · Director
movieIt Came from Kuchar
2009 · Self
movieAdoration
2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director, Writer
tvIndie Sex
2007 · Self
movieAway from Her
2007 · Executive Producer
movieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 · Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Citadel
movieCitadel
2006 · Self, Director
movieWhere the Truth Lies
2005 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieMouth to Mouth
2005 · Executive Producer
movieChildstar
2004 · Thanks
movieLuck
2004 · Executive Producer
movieWeird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004 · Self
movieFoolproof
2003 · Executive Producer
movieThe Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Executive Producer
movieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
movieGambling, Gods and LSD
2002 · Executive Producer
movieArarat
2002 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Diaspora
movieDiaspora
2001 · Director
Close
movieClose
2001 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
moviePreludes
2000 · Director
movieKrapp's Last Tape
2000 · Director, Editor
The Line
movieThe Line
2000 · Director, Screenplay
movieFelicia's Journey
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
movieFormulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
1999
movieSarabande
1997 · Director, Writer
movieThe Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Stupids
1996 · TV Studio Guard
movieCurtis's Charm
1996 · Executive Producer
movieA Portrait of Arshile
1995 · Voice, Director, Writer
movieAt Sundance
1995 · Self
movieCamilla
1994 · Sea Bunnies Director
movieExotica
1994 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieCalendar
1993 · Photographer, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
movieGross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
1993 · Director
movieThe Adjuster
1991 · Director, Writer, Producer, Co-Editor
movieMontreal Stories
1991 · Director, Writer
movieIn Passing
1991 · Director, Writer
movieSpeaking Parts
1990 · Director, Writer, Producer, Co-Editor
movieRoadkill
1989 · Thanks
movieThe Box of Sun
1988
Looking for Nothing
movieLooking for Nothing
1988 · Director, Screenplay
tvFriday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Director
movieFamily Viewing
1987 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
In This Corner
movieIn This Corner
1986 · Director
tvThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Director
Men: A Passion Playground
movieMen: A Passion Playground
1985 · Director
movieNext of Kin
1984 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieOpen House
1982 · Director
moviePeep Show
1981 · Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
After Grad with Dad
movieAfter Grad with Dad
1980 · Director
movieHoward in Particular
1979 · Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
Lust of a Eunuch
movieLust of a Eunuch
1977 · Director
Notes for a Possible Sequel
movieNotes for a Possible Sequel
— · Director, Writer
Embers
movieEmbers
— · Executive Producer