Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director (1924-1990)
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Soviet director who turned away from state-approved realism and made films so symbolic and poetic that authorities banned nearly every project he attempted for eight years — yet still produced work filmmakers call among the greatest ever made.
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Born to Armenian parents in Georgia in 1924, Parajanov studied at Moscow's film institute under Ukrainian masters and began directing in 1954. For over a decade he made films he would later dismiss as "garbage," bound by socialist realism's constraints, growing increasingly disenchanted. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors in 1965 broke the mold and brought international acclaim. The Color of Pomegranates followed in 1969 — a work of such symbolic force it's now considered one of cinema's peaks. Soviet authorities claimed he was bisexual and used it to tighten scrutiny over his personal life, his f…
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- National legend of Ukraine
- Shevchenko National Prize
- Nika Award
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