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Filmmaker Atom Egoyan among Toronto Order of Canada honourees
Thursday January 07th 2016Some 69 Canadians are to be honoured this year with one of the country’s highest accolades — an appointment to the Order of Canada. They join more than 6,000 remarkable people honoured since 1967, including author Margaret Atwood, singer Leonard Cohen and humanitarian Terry Fox.
2015 was a big year for Canadian director Atom Egoyan, who debuted RememberRemember, a thriller starring Christopher Plummer as a nursing home resident seeking revenge for the murder of his family decades ago.
It has garnered rave reviews, as did his previous films Ararat, Chloe and Devil’s Knot. In addition to putting a spotlight on Canadian talent, Egoyan has taught at Ryerson University.
Fun fact: In 1991, Egoyan’s film The Adjuster nabbed a best Canadian film prize that came with a $25,000 award. Instead of enjoying the reward himself, he gave the prize money to The Grocer’s Wife director John Pozer, as another director had done for Egoyan years before.
Source: Toronto Star
Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Filmmaker Atom Egoyan among Toronto Order of Canada honourees
Thursday January 07th 2016Some 69 Canadians are to be honoured this year with one of the country’s highest accolades — an appointment to the Order of Canada. They join more than 6,000 remarkable people honoured since 1967, including author Margaret Atwood, singer Leonard Cohen and humanitarian Terry Fox.
2015 was a big year for Canadian director Atom Egoyan, who debuted RememberRemember, a thriller starring Christopher Plummer as a nursing home resident seeking revenge for the murder of his family decades ago.
It has garnered rave reviews, as did his previous films Ararat, Chloe and Devil’s Knot. In addition to putting a spotlight on Canadian talent, Egoyan has taught at Ryerson University.
Fun fact: In 1991, Egoyan’s film The Adjuster nabbed a best Canadian film prize that came with a $25,000 award. Instead of enjoying the reward himself, he gave the prize money to The Grocer’s Wife director John Pozer, as another director had done for Egoyan years before.
Source: Toronto Star
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Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Filmmaker Atom Egoyan among Toronto Order of Canada honourees
Thursday January 07th 2016Some 69 Canadians are to be honoured this year with one of the country’s highest accolades — an appointment to the Order of Canada. They join more than 6,000 remarkable people honoured since 1967, including author Margaret Atwood, singer Leonard Cohen and humanitarian Terry Fox.
2015 was a big year for Canadian director Atom Egoyan, who debuted RememberRemember, a thriller starring Christopher Plummer as a nursing home resident seeking revenge for the murder of his family decades ago.
It has garnered rave reviews, as did his previous films Ararat, Chloe and Devil’s Knot. In addition to putting a spotlight on Canadian talent, Egoyan has taught at Ryerson University.
Fun fact: In 1991, Egoyan’s film The Adjuster nabbed a best Canadian film prize that came with a $25,000 award. Instead of enjoying the reward himself, he gave the prize money to The Grocer’s Wife director John Pozer, as another director had done for Egoyan years before.
Source: Toronto Star
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