Sergei Parajanov

Date of birth

09 Jan 1924

103 years ago at Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR

Also Known As

Սերգեյ Փարաջանով
სერგო ფარაჯანოვი
Sergey Parajanov
Sergei Paradzhanov
Sergei Paradjanov
Сергей Параджанов
Сергій Параджанов
Сергій Йосипович Параджанов
Serhii Paradzhanov
세르게이 파라자노프
Sergueï Iossifovitch Paradjanov
Sarkis Paradzhanyan
Sarkis Paradzhanian
Саркіс Параджанян

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.

Biography

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.

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