17 Facts About Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan received the 2008 Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past" and the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

Atom Egoyan is married to actress Arsinee Khanjian, whom he has often cast in his films.

Atom Egoyan was named Atom to mark the completion of Egypt's first nuclear reactor.

Atom Egoyan graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto.

In interviews, Atom Egoyan credited Nahabedian for introducing him to the language and history of his ethnic heritage.

Atom Egoyan wrote for the University of Toronto's independent weekly, The Newspaper, during his time at the school.

Atom Egoyan began making films in the early 1980s; his debut film Next of Kin had a world premier at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg and won a major prize.

Atom Egoyan received the Grand Prix in Brussels, the FIPRESCI Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and Best Motion Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2004, Atom Egoyan opened Camera Bar, a 50-seat cinema-lounge on Queen Street West in Toronto.

Atom Egoyan joined the Faculty of Arts and Science as the Dean's Distinguished Visitor in theatre, film, music, and visual studies.

The success of Chloe led Atom Egoyan to receive many scripts of erotic thrillers.

In 2015, Atom Egoyan directed the thriller Remember, which starred Christopher Plummer and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, before being given a limited release in theatres.

Atom Egoyan's latest film is Seven Veils ; the film was a Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection with a special advance premiere at the Canadian Opera Company's theatre, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

Atom Egoyan has occasionally appeared in films as an actor, most notably in his own film Calendar and Jean Pierre Lefebvre's The Box of Sun.

Atom Egoyan is based in Toronto, where he lives with his wife, actress Arsinee Khanjian, who appears in many of his films, and their son, Arshile.

In 1999, Atom Egoyan was made an Officer of the Order of Canada; he was promoted in 2015 to Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest grade of the honour.

In 2017, Atom Egoyan was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of India.