Sergei Parajanov
Born: 1924-01-09 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Died: 1990-06-21
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Carmen ... (Story)
2020
- Parajanov Triptych ... (Director)
2018
- Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity as Self (archival footage, voice)
2012
- L'Artifice et le factice as Self
2009
- Sergei Parajanov, The Exile as Himself
2006
- Memories of «Sayat Nova» as Himsef (archival footage)
2004
- I Died in Childhood... as Himself (archive footage)
- A Dangerously Free Man as himself
2003
1998
- Paradjanov as Himself (archive footage)
1995
- Parajanov, The Last Collage as Self (archive footage)
- The Isle Paradjanov as Self
1994
- Paradjanov: A Requiem as Himsef (archival footage)
- Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major
- Sergei Parajanov. A Visit as Self (archival footage, voice)
1992
- Parajanov: The Last Spring as Himself
1991
- Solitude perdue as Himself
1990
- Swan Lake: The Zone ... (Writer)
- I am Sergei Parajanov! as Himself
- The Confession ... (Director)
- MIGNOR
1989
- Etudes on Vrubel ... (Screenplay)
1988
- Ashik Kerib ... (Director)
- Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï Paradjanov as Cinéaste
1987
- Islands as Himself (archive footage)
1985
- The Legend of Suram Fortress ... (Director)
- Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme ... (Director)
1982
1980
- Return to Life as Self
1978
- Cinématon as N°1083
1969
- The Color of Pomegranates ... (Director)
- The Color of Armenian Land as Himself
1967
- Hakob Hovnatanyan ... (Director)
1966
- Kyiv Frescoes ... (Director)
1965
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ... (Director)
1963
- Flower on the Stone ... (Director)
1961
- Ukrainian Rhapsody ... (Director)
1959
- The First Lad ... (Director)
- Natalia Uzhviy ... (Director)
1957
- Golden Hands ... (Director)
- Dumka ... (Director)
1954
- Andriesh ... (Director)
1952
- Andriesh ... (Screenplay)