Ryerson University film students will be getting the chance to work with Atom Egoyan, as the filmmaker has been appointed a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the school’s Faculty of Communication & Design for the upcoming academic year.

Egoyan will be a mentor for a group of Ryerson film students, and a few of them will be selected to work with him on his production of Martin Crimp’s Cruel and Tender for the Canadian Stage theatre company.

Egoyan will also speak at the FCAD Dean’s In Discussion series, as well as participate in a Ryerson-hosted public retrospective of his early films.

“Students […] will benefit tremendously from the opportunity to learn from an indisputable master of film, theatre and the performance arts,” said Alan Shepard, provost and vice president academic, in a statement.