Sergei Parajanov

8.6	Listal rating

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Birth Name: Sarkis Parajanian

Born: 9 January 1924 Died: 21 July 1990

Country of origin: Georgia

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Svetlana Paradjanov

Lists

47 votes

Famous Armenians worldwide (128 items)
list by lili

Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago

4 comments

22 votes

GLBT Artists (73 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 1 year ago

15 votes

Andrei Tarkovsky's Favorite Directors (12 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 12 months ago

2 comments

10 votes

Directors on Directors (34 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago

1 comment

7 votes

Directors to Watch (154 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 9 months ago

2 comments

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About: One of the 20th century's greatest masters of cinema Sergei Parajanov was born in Georgia to Armenian parents and it was always unlikely that his work would conform to the strict socialist realism that Soviet authorities preferred. After studying film and music, Parajanov became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954, following that with numerous shorts and features, all of which he subsequently dismissed as "garbage". However, in 1 ... (more)

Bisexual (1), Lgbt (1), Soviet (1)

Movies directed by

1. The Color of Pomegranates (1968)

Rating:

7.7

63 want to see

2. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

Rating:

7.9

50 Watched

3. The Lovelorn Minstrel (1988)

Rating:

6.7

8 want to see

4. The Legend of Suram Fortress (1984)

Rating:

6 Watched

5. Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (1985)

Rating:

4 want to see

View all Sergei Parajanov movies (7 more)

Movies written by

1. The Color of Pomegranates (1968)

Rating:

7.7

63 want to see

2. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

Rating:

7.9

50 Watched

3. Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967)

Rating:

6.5

3 Watched

4. The Confession (1990)

Rating:

2 want to see

5. Kivski Freski (1966)

Rating:

1 Watched

View all Sergei Parajanov movies (2 more)

Movies

1. Cinématon (1984)

Rating:

3 Watched

2. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)

1 want to see

3. Paradjanov: A Requiem (1994)

0 want to see

Updates feed

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 9 months ago

Directors to Watch (154 person items)

"Watch-list: Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors and The Color of Pomegranates."

lili added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Famous Armenians worldwide (128 person items)

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 11 months, 1 week ago

GLBT Artists (73 person items)

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Directors on Directors (34 person items)

"Tarkovsky His speech is during the premier of his film The Lovelorn Minstrel "

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 12 months ago

Andrei Tarkovsky's Favorite Directors (12 person items)

"Always with huge gratitude and pleasure I remember the films of Sergei Parajanov which I love very much. His way of thinking, his paradoxical, poetical . . . ability to love the beauty and the ability to be absolutely free within his own vision. Parajanov was influenced by Tarkovsky's work, and they became friends who influenced each other's work. When Parajanov was jailed, Tarkovsky wrote to him You understand — everyone in Moscow is stunned by your epic experience. It's strange how b"