Director and screenwriter Atom Egoyan(born Atom Yeghoyan) is a Canadian citizen of Armenian descent. Other prominent Armenians of significance in film history include Sergei Parajanov, Henri Verneuil(born Ashot Malakian), Charles Aznavour(born Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian), Cher, Haig Manoogian, Rouben Mamoulian, Robert Guédiguian, Eric Bogosian, Richard C. Sarafian, Francis Veber, Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, Anna Melikyan, Aram Avakian and many more.