FILM DIRECTOR

Sergei Parajanov

1924 - 1990

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Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov (January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He is regarded by film critics, film historians, and filmmakers to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Parajanov was born to ethnically Armenian parents in Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Parajanov has received more than 665,814 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Sergei Parajanov is the 64th most popular film director (up from 82nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Film Director.

Sergei Parajanov is most famous for his films, including Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, The Color of Pomegranates, and The Legend of Suram Fortress.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergei Parajanov ranks 64 out of 2,041. Before him are Aki Kaurismäki, Werner Herzog, Abbas Kiarostami, Stephen Hillenburg, Jacques Tati, and Claude Chabrol. After him are Robert Zemeckis, Éric Rohmer, David Cronenberg, Chuck Jones, Theo Angelopoulos, and Dziga Vertov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sergei Parajanov ranks 17. Before him are Sarah Vaughan, Jean-François Lyotard, Ezer Weizman, Jacques Le Goff, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Lauren Bacall. After him are Paul Feyerabend, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Maurice Jarre, Benny Hill, Georges Charpak, and Jovanka Broz. Among people deceased in 1990, Sergei Parajanov ranks 15. Before him are B. F. Skinner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Norbert Elias, and Lê Đức Thọ. After him are Pavel Cherenkov, Yun Posun, Miguel Muñoz, John Bowlby, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Lawrence Durrell.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Sergei Parajanov ranks 12 out of 406. Before him are Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Tigran Petrosian (1929), and Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939). After him are Niko Pirosmani (1862), David IV of Georgia (1073), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Sayat-Nova (1712), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), and Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Sergei Parajanov ranks 1. After him are Otar Iosseliani (1934), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), and Georgy Tovstonogov (1915).

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Filmography

The Color of Pomegranates
Director
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
Oct 1st 19697.4 / 10
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Director
In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.
Oct 18th 19657.6 / 10
Ashik Kerib
Director
Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.
Jul 3rd 19886.2 / 10