Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Directing
22 Movies 1 TV Shows

Born

July 19, 1960

Place of Birth

Cairo, United Arab Republic [now Egypt]

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Biography

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), …

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