Sergei Parajanov

Sergei Parajanov Armenian Սերգեյ Փարաջանով Russian Сергей Иосифович Параджанов Georgian სერგო ფარაჯანოვი Ukrainian Сергій Йосипович Параджанов 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 artists death