1969Nominee
Best Director
The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
January 9, 1924
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1965Winner
Best Director
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1995Nominee
Best Performance
Parajanov, the Last Collage
Career Highlights
1966Highlight
Best Director
Kyiv Frescoes
2020Highlight
Best Director
Parajanov Triptych
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The Color of Pomegranates
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Kyiv Frescoes