Atom Egoyan
June 30th, 2003
Ararat (2002)
Next of Kin (2001)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
DIRECTOR
Ararat (2002)
Next of Kin/Family Viewing (2001)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Exotica (1994)
Calendar (1993)
The Adjuster (1991)
Family Viewing (1989)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Next of Kin (1985)
Atom Egoyan is not unknown to those who pay even the slightest bit of attention to independent filmmakers. As a mater of fact, Egoyan epitomizes the independent spirit that makes some of those films very special. As a director he has a keen cinematic eye, and as a writer a unique voice. As a filmmaker, an auteur, he always has something to say with his films. His writing is lively and poignant. His characters are meticulously developed with subtle touches and dispositions. The writing of a Egoyan screenplay jumps of the pages and fills my consciousness so much that the characters become real. They have fears and convictions that I can understand, or at the very least respect. There is always constant conflict and tension building. Relationships between siblings, parents and children, and friends and neighbors are cut with an edge that wonderfully creates the illusion that I am experiencing the event right along with them.
Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, writer-director Atom Egoyan has been a resident of Canada since the age of three. His mother and father were artists, and their artistic influence allowed Egoyan to take up playwriting. After a time as a playwright with moderate success, he tried his hand at filmmaking and became hooked. Atom started his filmmaking career in 1984 with "Next of Kin", which won the Golden Ducat Award at Mannhiem. Much like M. Night Shyamalan, Atom returned to his ethnic homeland (Armenia) in 1993 to make a personal film, "Calendar." Egoyan played the lead and improvised most of the dialogue and action, along with the other actors. He also directed Canadian shot episodes for American television series such as "Hitchcock Presents" and "The Twilight Zone". In 1997, he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed film "The Sweet Hereafter". He has explored themes such as voyeurism and exhibitionism, and desire and fear. A complicated artist, and one of the more gifted writer-filmmakers working today in the industry. Often in his writing the lives of characters who are at first unknown to one another, intertwine to reveal a greater respect of each other.
Next of Kin (2001)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
DIRECTOR
Ararat (2002)
Next of Kin/Family Viewing (2001)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Exotica (1994)
Calendar (1993)
The Adjuster (1991)
Family Viewing (1989)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Next of Kin (1985)
Atom Egoyan is not unknown to those who pay even the slightest bit of attention to independent filmmakers. As a mater of fact, Egoyan epitomizes the independent spirit that makes some of those films very special. As a director he has a keen cinematic eye, and as a writer a unique voice. As a filmmaker, an auteur, he always has something to say with his films. His writing is lively and poignant. His characters are meticulously developed with subtle touches and dispositions. The writing of a Egoyan screenplay jumps of the pages and fills my consciousness so much that the characters become real. They have fears and convictions that I can understand, or at the very least respect. There is always constant conflict and tension building. Relationships between siblings, parents and children, and friends and neighbors are cut with an edge that wonderfully creates the illusion that I am experiencing the event right along with them.
Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, writer-director Atom Egoyan has been a resident of Canada since the age of three. His mother and father were artists, and their artistic influence allowed Egoyan to take up playwriting. After a time as a playwright with moderate success, he tried his hand at filmmaking and became hooked. Atom started his filmmaking career in 1984 with "Next of Kin", which won the Golden Ducat Award at Mannhiem. Much like M. Night Shyamalan, Atom returned to his ethnic homeland (Armenia) in 1993 to make a personal film, "Calendar." Egoyan played the lead and improvised most of the dialogue and action, along with the other actors. He also directed Canadian shot episodes for American television series such as "Hitchcock Presents" and "The Twilight Zone". In 1997, he wrote and directed the critically acclaimed film "The Sweet Hereafter". He has explored themes such as voyeurism and exhibitionism, and desire and fear. A complicated artist, and one of the more gifted writer-filmmakers working today in the industry. Often in his writing the lives of characters who are at first unknown to one another, intertwine to reveal a greater respect of each other.
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