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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Parajanov has received more than 605,503 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Sergei Parajanov is the 82nd most popular film director (up from 83rd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 12th 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.

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  • 65.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergei Parajanov ranks 82 out of 1,581. Before him are Robert Bresson, Dziga Vertov, Ernst Lubitsch, Dario Argento, Alan Parker, and David Lean. After him are Carl Theodor Dreyer, Alain Resnais, Zhang Yimou, Carlos Saura, Satyajit Ray, and René Clair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sergei Parajanov ranks 22. Before him are Benoit Mandelbrot, Süleyman Demirel, Paul Feyerabend, Lauren Bacall, Ramiz Alia, and Maurice Jarre. After him are Henry Mancini, Mário Soares, Willard Boyle, Sidney Lumet, Georges Charpak, and Jovanka Broz. Among people deceased in 1990, Sergei Parajanov ranks 17. Before him are Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, John Bowlby, Pavel Cherenkov, and Yun Posun. After him are Lê Đức Thọ, Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Miguel Muñoz, Robert Hofstadter, and Boris Shcherbina.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Sergei Parajanov ranks 16 out of 342. Before him are Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Tigran Petrosian (1929), David IV of Georgia (1073), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), and Aleksei Brusilov (1853). After him are Niko Pirosmani (1862), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), and Sayat-Nova (1712).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

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

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Filmography

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