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Sergei Parajanov

Sergei Parajanov

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09 Jan 1924
21 Jun 1990
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]

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 ge...

Also Known As

Sergey Parajanov, Sergei Paradzhanov, Sarkis Paradzhanyan

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