Atom Egoyan is an award-winning Armenian-Canadian stage and film director, writer, and producer. Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter received two Academy Award nominations and a powerful body of work including Ararat, Exotica, Chloe, and Remember has established him as one of the visionary filmmakers of our time. Egoyan is the recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest royal honor in the performing arts, and has won five prizes at the Cannes Film Festival including the Grand Prix and the International Critic's Award.