
Atom Egoyan
Highest Rated: 100% Chacun Son Cinema (2007)
Lowest Rated: 24% Devil's Knot (2013)
Birthday: Jul 19, 1960
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
A stylish and highly assured filmmaker, Egyptian-born Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan produced work that combined self-reflexive meditations on the nature of film and video, examinations of psycho-sexual behavior and a black, ironic sense of humor. Often ruminating on the themes of fractured families, voyeurism, obsession and technology, Egoyan emerged in the mid-1980s as a director to watch with early films like "Next of Kin" (1984), "Family Viewing" (1987) and "Speaking Parts" (1989). He made a big splash with the highly-charged erotic drama, "Exotica" (1994), which was a favorite at the Cannes Film Festival before earning an art house release in the United States. But it was his exemplary drama "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) that earned him some of the greatest acclaim of his career, as well as two nominations at the Academy Awards. From there, he earned wider attention for "Felicity's Journey" (1999), "Ararat" (2002) and the Palme d'Or-winning "Where the Truth Lies" (2005). Egoyan remained one of the most challenging and talked-about directors on the international scene.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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42% | 57% | Guest of Honour |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2019 |
92% | 95% | Intent to Destroy | Self | $13.2K | 2017 |
70% | 79% | Remember | Director | $1.2M | 2015 |
30% | 35% | The Captive |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2014 |
24% | 39% | Devil's Knot | Director | - | 2013 |
51% | 39% | Chloe | Director | $3.1M | 2009 |
89% | 76% | It Came From Kuchar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
63% | 48% | Adoration |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$293.6K | 2008 |
100% | 71% | Chacun Son Cinema | Writer | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Indie Sex: Censored | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
94% | 81% | Away From Her | Executive Producer | $4.5M | 2006 |
54% | 50% | Mouth to Mouth | Executive Producer | - | 2005 |
41% | 46% | Where the Truth Lies |
Director, Writer |
$871.5K | 2005 |
79% | 79% | The Saddest Music in the World | Executive Producer | $669.1K | 2003 |
80% | 83% | Gambling, Gods and LSD | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
55% | 71% | Ararat |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$1.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Beckett on Film | Director | - | 2001 |
88% | 71% | Felicia's Journey |
Director, Writer |
$819.9K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack & Jill | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
98% | 86% | The Sweet Hereafter |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$4.4M | 1997 |
40% | 39% | Camilla | Sea Bunnies Director (Character) | $167.6K | 1994 |
97% | 83% | Exotica |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$5M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Gross Misconduct | Director | - | 1993 |
100% | 72% | Calendar |
Photographer (Character), Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editor |
- | 1993 |
71% | 72% | The Adjuster | Director | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montreal Vu Par | Director | - | 1991 |
100% | 69% | Speaking Parts |
Director, Producer |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Family Viewing |
Producer, Director, Writer, Film Editor |
- | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Next of Kin | Director | - | 1984 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Filmmakers | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Q With Jian Ghomeshi | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Twilight Zone | Director | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Director | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friday the 13th: The Series | Director | 1987 |
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