FILM DIRECTOR

Atom Egoyan

1960 - Today

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Atom Egoyan (; 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. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama The Sweet Hereafter (1997), for which he received two Academy Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Atom Egoyan has received more than 1,078,443 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Atom Egoyan is the 799th most popular film director (down from 740th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 412th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Film Director.

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  • 3.93

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Atom Egoyan ranks 799 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksei Balabanov, Uwe Boll, Ivan Pyryev, Bruno Bozzetto, Arturo Ripstein, and George Sidney. After him are Karen Shakhnazarov, Eldar Shengelaia, Marlen Khutsiev, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Luis Trenker, and Russell Mulcahy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Atom Egoyan ranks 180. Before him are Isabel Coixet, Tracy Pollan, Victor Pinchuk, Mehmed Baždarević, Daniel Baldwin, and Chris Waddle. After him are Maurizio Cattelan, Kelly LeBrock, Brenda Strong, Gabriel Calderón, Yann LeCun, and Joshua Angrist.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Atom Egoyan ranks 455 out of 642. Before him are Ali Gomaa (1952), Mahmoud El-Gohary (1938), Lajin (1300), Mahmoud El Khatib (1954), Mohamed Atta (1968), and Essam Sharaf (1952). After him are Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), Hossam Hassan (1966), Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920), Gamal Al-Ghandour (1957), and Alaa Al Aswany (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Egypt

Among film directors born in Egypt, Atom Egoyan ranks 4. Before him are Youssef Chahine (1926), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), and Riccardo Freda (1909). After him are Alex Proyas (1963).

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Filmography

Chloe
Director
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.
Feb 25o 20106.108 / 10
The Captive
Director
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Sep 5o 20145.8 / 10
Remember
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With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Oct 23o 20157.344 / 10