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.
Filmography
A Sentimental Journey to the Parajanov Planet
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity
2018
as Self (archival footage, voice)
L'Artifice et le factice
2012
as Self
- No poster
Sergei Parajanov, The Exile
2009
as Himself
- No poster
Memories of «Sayat Nova»
2006
as Himsef (archival footage)
- No poster
I Died in Childhood...
2004
as Himself (archive footage)
A Dangerously Free Man
2004
as himself
Sergei Parajanov: The Rebel
2003
as Interviewee
- No poster
Andrey Tarkovsky & Sergey Paradzhanov: Islands
2003
Paradjanov
1998
as Himself (archive footage)
Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication
1998
as Self (archive footage)
- No poster
The Isle Paradjanov
1995
as Self
Paradjanov, le dernier collage
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Paradjanov: A Requiem
1994
as Himsef (archival footage)
Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major
1994
Sergei Parajanov. A Visit
1994
as Self (archival footage, voice)
Parajanov: The Last Spring
1992
as Himself
Solitude perdue
1991
as Himself
- No poster
I am Sergei Parajanov!
1990
as Himself
- No poster
MIGNOR
1990
Ivan Mykolaichuk. Trizna
1989
as (self) [uncredited]
Cinématon n°1083: Sergueï Paradjanov
1988
as Cinéaste
Islands
1987
as Himself (archive footage)
- No poster
Paradjanov Libéré
1982