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2	Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is an Armenian-Canadian filmmaker.
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4	He's best known for his films ''Film/{{Exotica}}'', ''Film/TheSweetHereafter'', ''Film/WhereTheTruthLies'' and ''Film/{{Chloe}}''. His [[SignatureStyle stylistic trademarks]] are explorations of alienation, isolation and sexuality (though often as FanDisservice, sometimes not, but at the very least always in service of the story), as well several uses of non-linear storytelling.
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6	Egoyan's rise took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s when independent film was becoming a force in Hollywood. He is generally considered on the level of Creator/StevenSoderbergh and Creator/QuentinTarantino, and is seen as one of the most important filmmakers in Canada, along with Creator/DavidCronenberg and Don [=McKellar=]. His work often lends itself to WildMassGuessing, due to his occasional use of the MindScrew.
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8	!!Partial Filmography:
9	* 1994 ''Film/{{Exotica}}''
10	* 1997 ''Film/TheSweetHereafter''
11	* 1999 ''Felicia's Journey''
12	* 2000 ''[[Creator/SamuelBeckett Krapp's Last Tape]]''
13	* 2002 ''Film/{{Ararat}}''
14	* 2005 ''Film/WhereTheTruthLies''
15	* 2008 ''Adoration''
16	* 2009 ''Film/{{Chloe}}''
17	* 2013 ''Devil's Knot''
18	* 2014 ''The Captive''
19	* 2015 ''Film/{{Remember}}''
20	* 2019 ''Guest of Honour''
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22	!!Tropes:
23	* AuthorAppeal: Egoyan's films often draw on his Armenian heritage, whether directly (like in ''Next of Kin'', ''Calendar'', and ''Film/{{Ararat}}'') or not.
24	* ProductionPosse: For actors, he works frequently with Arsinée Khanjian (his IRL wife), Creator/EliasKoteas, Creator/MauryChaykin, Creator/SarahPolley, Creator/ChristopherPlummer, [=Don McKellar=], Creator/GabrielleRose, David Hemblen, and Creator/BruceGreenwood. For crew he's got Susan Shipton and Bruce [=McDonald=] as editors, Paul Sarossy as cinematographer, and Mychael & Jeff Danna as composers.

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