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'''Atom Egoyan''', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada OC] (Born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stage_director stage director] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/film_director film director]. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotica_(film) Exotica]'' (1994).  His most critically acclaimed film is ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweet_Hereafter_(film) The Sweet Hereafter]'' (1997), and his biggest commercial success is ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_(film) Chloe]'' (2009).

Egoyan has been nominated for two [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards Academy Awards]: Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, both for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweet_Hereafter_(film) The Sweet Hereafter]''. He also won several awards at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival Cannes Film Festival], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival Toronto International Film Festival] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Awards Genie Awards].

His work often explores themes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_alienation alienation] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/solitude isolation], featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. 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 Egoyan received the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_David_Prize Dan David Prize] for "Creative Rendering of the Past".<ref>[http://www.dandavidprize.org/index.php/laureates/laureates-2008/56-2008-past-creative-rendering-of-the-past-literature-theater-film/72-past-2008-creative-rendering-of-the-past-literature-theater-film.html Dan David Prize Official site, Atom Egoyan].

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