Atom Egoyan, OC (Armenian: Ատոմ Եղոյան) (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian film maker of Armenian descent, known as one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent filmmaking. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Stylistically, Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structu...
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Atom Egoyan, OC (Armenian: Ատոմ Եղոյան) (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian film maker of Armenian descent, known as one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent filmmaking. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Stylistically, Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. In 2008 he received the Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past".
Atom Egoyan was born in 1960 to the Armenian-Egyptian couple Joseph and Shushan Yeghoyan in Cairo, Egypt. He was named Atom to mark the completion of Egypt's first nuclear reactor. In 1962, however, his parents left Egypt for Canada, where they settled in Victoria, British Columbia, and changed their last name to Egoyan....
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