Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1924-01-09
Deathday
1990-06-21
Place of Birth
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Sergei Parajanov
Biography
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
The Last Days of Humanity
as Self (archive footage)
Cinématon
as N°1083
The Color of Armenian Land
as Himself
Islands
as Himself (archive footage)
Sergei Parajanov, The Exile
as Himself
I Died in Childhood...
as Himself (archive footage)
Parajanov: The Last Spring
as Himself
Paradjanov: A Requiem
as Himsef (archival footage)
I am Sergei Parajanov!
as Himself
Memories of «Sayat Nova»
as Himsef (archival footage)