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Atom Egoyan

1960 - Today

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Atom Egoyan (; 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atom Egoyan is the 852nd most popular film director (down from 799th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 455th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Atom Egoyan ranks 852 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergei Loznitsa, Andrea Arnold, Christian Petzold, Stuart Gordon, Harald Reinl, and William Cameron Menzies. After him are Alexandre Volkoff, Tate Taylor, Kevin Smith, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Tatyana Lioznova, and Hamilton Luske.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Atom Egoyan ranks 212. Before him are Pia Sundhage, Gabriel Calderón, Jean-Marc Barr, Joshua Angrist, Christian Petzold, and Oleg Bryjak. After him are Pedro Delgado, Aguri Suzuki, Aleida Guevara, Eric Martin, Ahmed Jabari, and Sally Yates.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Atom Egoyan ranks 460 out of 642. Before him are Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Antigone Costanda (1934), Hossam Hassan (1966), Bat Ye'or (1933), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), and Mustafa Khalil (1920). After him are Yusuf Idris (1927), Mustafa Ben Halim (1921), Hassan Shehata (1947), Mohamed M. Atalla (1924), Richard Anthony (1938), and Abbās al-Aqqād (1889).

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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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