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Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Egoyan was born to Joseph and Shushan Yeghoyan in Cairo, Egypt and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As a teenager, he became interested in reading and writing plays. Significant influences included Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. He graduated from Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Egoyan is now based in Toronto, where he lives with his wife, Arsinée Khanjian, an actress who appears in many of Egoyan's films, and their son, Arshile. Egoyan has directed a dozen full-length films, several television episodes, and a few shorter pieces. His early work was based on his own material, and he received some notice for the film Exotica (1994), but it was Egoyan's first attempt at adapted material that resulted in his best-known work, The Sweet Hereafter (1997), which landed him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. The film Ararat (2002) also generated some publicity for Egoyan, as it was the first major motion picture to deal directly with the Armenian Genocide. Ararat later won the Best Picture prize at the Genie Awards (ironically, he failed to receive a Best Director nomination for the same film). Neverthless he was criticised by most of the critics of being too provacative, and subjective in this movie. Supposedly this movie served to not probe the possibilities for an international peace but, provoking armenian-origined people for a retaliation, instead of a reconciliation. He was critisized also by not basing his movie on historical documents/facts, being ironically extremely non-positivist. Some the best writing on Atom Egoyan can be found at Critical Approaches to Culture, Communications and Hypermedia.[1] In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Filmography Next of Kin (1984) Family Viewing (1987) Speaking Parts (1989) The Adjuster (1991) Calendar (1993) Exotica (1994) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Felicia's Journey (1999) Krapp's Last Tape (2001) Ararat (2002)

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