Sergei Parajanov
Birthday: 1924-01-09
Deathday: 1990-06-21
Place of birth: 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
imdb_id: nm0660886
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.
