Sergei Parajanov

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.

Directed

1. The Color of Pomegranates (1969) — Director
2. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) — Director
3. Ashik Kerib (1988) — Director
4. The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985) — Director
5. Andriesh (1954) — Director
6. Kyiv Frescoes (1966) — Director
7. Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (1985) — Director
8. Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967) — Director
9. Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961) — Director
10. The First Lad (1959) — Director
11. Flower on the Stone (1963) — Director
12. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) — Director
13. The Confession (1990) — Director
14. Dumka (1957) — Director
15. Golden Hands (1957) — Director
16. Natalia Uzhviy (1959) — Director
17. Parajanov Triptych (2020) — Director
18. Return to Life (1980) — Director
19. Andriesh (1952) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinématon (1978) — N°1083
2. The Color of Armenian Land (1969) — Himself
3. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) — Himself
4. Islands (1987) — Himself (archive footage)
5. I Died in Childhood... (2004) — Himself (archive footage)
6. Paradjanov: A Requiem (1994) — Himsef (archival footage)
7. Sergei Parajanov, The Exile (2009) — Himself
8. I am Sergei Parajanov! (1990) — Himself
9. Paradjanov (1998) — Himself (archive footage)
10. Memories of «Sayat Nova» (2006) — Himsef (archival footage)
11. Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity (2018) — Self (archival footage, voice)
12. Sergei Parajanov: The Rebel (2003) — Interviewee
13. Return to Life (1980) — Self
14. Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï Paradjanov (1988) — Cinéaste
15. Sergei Parajanov. A Visit (1994) — Self (archival footage, voice)
16. Paradjanov, le dernier collage (1995) — Self (archive footage)
17. Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication (1998) — Self (archive footage)
18. Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major (1994)
19. MIGNOR (1990)
20. Paradjanov Libéré (1982)
21. A Dangerously Free Man (2004) — himself
22. Solitude perdue (1991) — Himself
23. Andrey Tarkovsky & Sergey Paradzhanov: Islands (2003)
24. The Isle Paradjanov (1995) — Self
25. L'Artifice et le factice (2012) — Self
26. A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet (2025) — Self (archive footage)
27. The Mirror Parajanov — Self (archive footage)
28. Ivan Mykolaichuk. Trizna (1989) — (self) [uncredited]