Cast & creator
Atom Egoyan
Best known for The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Friday the 13th: The Series, Indie Sex
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 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. Many of his films also draw on his experiences as a first-generation immigrant, and as a member of the Armenian diaspora. In addition to his Oscar nods, Egoyan has won eight Genie/Canadian Screen Awards, out of 25 total nominations. He received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past" and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He has been a member of the Order of Canada since 1999, and was ascended to Companion in 2015. Egoyan is married to actress Arsinée Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Atom Egoyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Atom Yeghoyan, Ատոմ Էգոյան
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Filmography (129)
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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
1985
Friday the 13th: The Series
Director
1987
Indie Sex
Self
2007
The Captive
Director
2014The Captive
Screenplay
2014The Captive
Story
2014The Captive
Producer
2014
Devil's Knot
Director
2013
Chloe
Director
2010
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013
Where the Truth Lies
Director
2005Where the Truth Lies
Screenplay
2005Where the Truth Lies
Executive Producer
2005
Seven Veils
Director
2025Seven Veils
Producer
2025Seven Veils
Screenplay
2025
Remember
Director
2015
Barney's Version
O'Malley Director #1
2010
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007To Each His Own Cinema
Writer
2007
Guest of Honour
Director
2020Guest of Honour
Producer
2020Guest of Honour
Writer
2020
Away from Her
Executive Producer
2007
Exotica
Director
1994Exotica
Producer
1994Exotica
Writer
1994
The Sweet Hereafter
Director
1997The Sweet Hereafter
Screenplay
1997The Sweet Hereafter
Producer
1997
Ararat
Director
2002Ararat
Screenplay
2002Ararat
Producer
2002Embers
Executive Producer
Adoration
Director
2009Adoration
Writer
2009Adoration
Producer
2009
The Stupids
TV Studio Guard
1996
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
2003
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
2006
Stories We Tell
Thanks
2012
Viva Varda!
Self
2023
The Saddest Music in the World
Executive Producer
2003Missing
2016
Foolproof
Executive Producer
2003
Krapp's Last Tape
Director
2000Krapp's Last Tape
Editor
2000
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self
2004
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
Director
1993
Le cri du rhinocéros
Self
2018
It Came from Kuchar
Self
2009
Mouthpiece
Thanks
2019
The Adjuster
Director
1991The Adjuster
Writer
1991The Adjuster
Producer
1991The Adjuster
Co-Editor
1991
Calendar
Photographer
1993Calendar
Director
1993Calendar
Writer
1993Calendar
Producer
1993Calendar
Editor
1993Calendar
Camera Operator
1993
Speaking Parts
Director
1990Speaking Parts
Writer
1990Speaking Parts
Producer
1990Speaking Parts
Co-Editor
1990
Camilla
Sea Bunnies Director
1994
Childstar
Thanks
2004
At Sundance
Self
1995
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Thanks
2017
Peep Show
Writer
1981Peep Show
Cinematography
1981Peep Show
Editor
1981Peep Show
Director
1981
Open House
Director
1982
Felicia's Journey
Director
1999Felicia's Journey
Screenplay
1999
Preludes
Director
2000
The Rep - A Documentary
Himself
2012
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Executive Producer
2002
Curtis's Charm
Executive Producer
1996
Sculpting Memory
2015
Rewind This!
Self
2013
Mouth to Mouth
Executive Producer
2005Close
Director
2001Close
Screenplay
2001Close
Editor
2001
Sarabande
Director
1997Sarabande
Writer
1997
Family Viewing
Director
1987Family Viewing
Writer
1987Family Viewing
Producer
1987Family Viewing
Editor
1987
The Box of Sun
1988
Next of Kin
Director
1984Next of Kin
Writer
1984Next of Kin
Producer
1984Next of Kin
Editor
1984
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Himself
2024
A Portrait of Arshile
Voice
1995A Portrait of Arshile
Director
1995A Portrait of Arshile
Writer
1995
Montreal Stories
Director
1991Montreal Stories
Writer
1991The Line
Director
2000The Line
Screenplay
2000Diaspora
Director
2001
Roadkill
Thanks
1989Talking Heads 2021
Self
2021
Luck
Executive Producer
2004Formulas for Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan
1999After Grad with Dad
Director
1980Lust of a Eunuch
Director
1977Men: A Passion Playground
Director
1985
Invisible World
Director
2013Citadel
Self
2006Citadel
Director
2006
In Passing
Director
1991In Passing
Writer
1991In This Corner
Director
1986Notes for a Possible Sequel
Director
Notes for a Possible Sequel
Writer
Howard in Particular
Writer
1979Howard in Particular
Cinematography
1979Howard in Particular
Editor
1979Howard in Particular
Director
1979Looking for Nothing
Director
1988Looking for Nothing
Screenplay
1988