FILM DIRECTOR

Sergei Parajanov

1924 - 1990

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Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov (born Sarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants; January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was an Armenian film director and screenwriter. Parajanov is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in cinema history.Parajanov invented his own cinematic style, which was out of step with the guiding principles of socialist realism; the only sanctioned art style in the USSR. This, combined with his lifestyle and behaviour, led Soviet authorities to repeatedly persecute and imprison him, and suppress his films. Despite this, Parajanov was named one of the 20 Film Directors of the Future by the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and his films were ranked among the greatest films of all time by Sight & Sound.Although he started professional film-making in 1954, Parajanov later disowned all the films he made before 1965 as "garbage". After directing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Parajanov became both internationally recognized as well as a target of attacks from the USSR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Parajanov has received more than 596,078 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

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sergei Parajanovs by language

Over the past year Sergei Parajanov has had the most page views in the with 237,403 views, followed by English (105,235), and Ukrainian (73,159). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (5,950.35%), Malagasy (128.52%), and Armenian (110.29%)

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

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 3o 19886.179 / 10
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Director
In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with Marichka, the daughter of his father's killer. When tragedy befalls her, his grief lasts months; finally he rejoins the colorful life around him, marrying Palagna. She wants children but his mind stays on his lost love. To recapture his attention, Palagna tries sorcery, and in the process comes under the spell of the sorcerer, publicly humiliating Ivan, who then fights the sorcerer. The lively rhythms of village life, the work and the holidays, the pageant and revelry of weddings and funerals, the change of seasons, and nature's beauty give proportion to Ivan's tragedy.
Oct 18o 19657.586 / 10
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 1o 19697.4 / 10