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FILM DIRECTOR

Atom Egoyan

1960 - Today

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Atom Egoyan (; Armenian: Աթոմ 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 1,027,872 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Atom Egoyan is the 742nd most popular film director (down from 701st in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

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  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Atom Egoyan ranks 742 out of 1,581. Before him are Masoud Kimiai, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, David Chase, Shinobu Hashimoto, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and Steven Zaillian. After him are Giuseppe Rotunno, Konrad Wolf, Mark Robson, Sean S. Cunningham, Johnnie To, and Jean Rollin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Atom Egoyan ranks 152. Before him are Mart Laar, Eric Betzig, Stephen Daldry, Franz Welser-Möst, Mohamed Bazoum, and Bako Sahakyan. After him are Doug Jones, Dominique Wilkins, Mick Hucknall, David Baldacci, Tracy Pollan, and Yu Hua.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Atom Egoyan ranks 414 out of 582. Before him are Pope Heraclas of Alexandria (180), Nabil Elaraby (1935), Lajin (1300), Senebkay (-1700), Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah (1149), and Mariamne (-100). After him are Farag Foda (1946), Safiya Zaghloul (1876), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754).

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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

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