Sergei Parajanov
Sergei Parajanov (Armenian: Սերգեյ Փարաջանով; Russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Параджа́нов; Georgian: სერგო ფარაჯანოვი; Ukrainian: Сергій Йо́сипович Параджа́нов; sometimes spelled Paradzhanov or Paradjanov; January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was a Soviet film director and artist of Armenian descent who made significant contributions to Soviet cinematography through Ukrainian, Georgian, and Armenian cinema. One of the representatives of the Ukrainian poetic cinema movement. He pioneered the collage genre in Ukrainian visual arts, which he created on the basis of conceptualism, although during his lifetime these works remained underground and only appeared in exhibitions after the artist's death.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1924-01-09 · Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
- Died
- 1990-06-21
Known for
- The Color of Pomegranates (1969) — Writer
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) — Writer
- Ashik Kerib (1988) — Director
- The Legend of the Suram Fortress (1985) — Director
- Andriesh (1954) — Director
- Kyiv Frescoes (1966) — Director
- Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (1985) — Director
- Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967) — Director
- Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961) — Director
- Swan Lake: The Zone (1990) — Writer
- The First Lad (1959) — Director
- Flower on the Stone (1963) — Director
- Cinématon (1978) — N°1083
- The Color of Armenian Land (1969) — Himself
- Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) — Himself
- Islands (1987) — Himself (archive footage)