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Director
Sergei Parajanov
- Born January 9, 1924 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
- Died June 21, 1990
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.
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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 Color of Pomegranates1969
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors1965
Ashik Kerib1988
The Legend of the Suram Fortress1985
Andriesh1954
Kyiv Frescoes1966
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme1985
Hakob Hovnatanyan1967
Filmography
- TBAThe Mirror ParajanovFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2026La Couleur de la grenadeFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2025A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov PlanetFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021CarmenFilmStory
- 2020Parajanov TriptychFilmDirector, Writer
- 2018Parajanov. A Ticket to EternityFilmSelf (archival footage, voice)
- 2012L'Artifice et le facticeFilmSelf
- 2009Sergei Parajanov, The ExileFilmHimself
- 2006Memories of «Sayat Nova»FilmHimsef (archival footage), In Memory Of
- 2004I Died in Childhood...FilmHimself (archive footage)
- 2004A Dangerously Free ManFilmhimself
- 2003Sergei Parajanov: The RebelFilmInterviewee
- 2003Andrey Tarkovsky & Sergey Paradzhanov: IslandsFilm
- 1998ParadjanovFilmHimself (archive footage)
- 1998Ivan Mykolaichuk. DedicationFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1995Paradjanov, le dernier collageFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1995The Isle ParadjanovFilmSelf
- 1994Paradjanov: A RequiemFilmHimsef (archival footage)
- 1994Sergei Parajanov. A VisitFilmSelf (archival footage, voice)
- 1994Paradzhanov: Christ score in C majorFilm
- 1992Parajanov: The Last SpringFilmHimself, Director, Screenplay
- 1991Solitude perdueFilmHimself
- 1990Swan Lake: The ZoneFilmWriter
- 1990The ConfessionFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1990I am Sergei Parajanov!FilmHimself
- 1990MIGNORFilm
- 1989Ivan Mykolaichuk. TriznaFilm(self) [uncredited]
- 1989Etudes on VrubelFilmScreenplay
- 1988Ashik KeribFilmDirector, Production Design
- 1988Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï ParadjanovFilmCinéaste
- 1987IslandsFilmHimself (archive footage)
- 1985The Legend of the Suram FortressFilmDirector
- 1985Arabesques on the Pirosmani ThemeFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1982Paradjanov LibéréFilm
- 1980Return to LifeFilmSelf, Director, Producer, Writer
- 1978CinématonFilmN°1083
- 1969The Color of PomegranatesFilmWriter, Director, Editor, Art Direction, Choreographer
- 1969The Color of Armenian LandFilmHimself
- 1967Hakob HovnatanyanFilmDirector, Writer
- 1966Kyiv FrescoesFilmDirector, Writer
- 1965Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsFilmWriter, Director
- 1963Flower on the StoneFilmDirector
- 1961Ukrainian RhapsodyFilmDirector
- 1959The First LadFilmDirector
- 1959Natalia UzhviyFilmDirector
- 1957DumkaFilmDirector
- 1957Golden HandsFilmDirector
- 1954AndrieshFilmDirector
- 1952AndrieshFilmScreenplay, Director