Directing
Sergei Parajanov
- Born
- Jan 9, 1924 · Aged 66
- Died
- Jun 21, 1990
- Place of birth
- Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 28
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 19
Also known as (4)
- Sergey Parajanov
- Sergei Paradzhanov
- Sarkis Paradzhanyan
- С. Параджанов
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…
