Sergei Parajanov

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Birth Name: Sarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants

Born: 9 January 1924 Died: 21 July 1990

Country of origin: Georgia

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Svetlana Paradjanov

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Famous Armenians worldwide (131 items)
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Some damned filmmakers (20 items)
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Published 10 years, 1 month ago

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Directors on Directors (34 items)
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Published 11 years, 10 months ago

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500 Film Directors (378 items)
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Published 9 years, 3 months ago

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Description: 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 1964 he was able to make Tini zabutykh predkiv (1965), a rhapsodic celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, and the world discovered a star ... (more)

Tags: Writer (1), Soviet (1), Lgbt (1), Editor (1), Producer (1), Director (1), Died 1990 (1), Born 1924 (1)

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