Mikhail Vartanov
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Soviet film director (1937-2009)
Film & TV
Russia
Vartanov was blacklisted for his debut film, The Color of Land (1969), where he portrayed his dissident friends Paradjanov (imprisoned in 1974) and Minas (assassinated in 1975). When Vartanov's artistic freedom was restored 20 years later, he responded with Minas: A Requiem (1989) and Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) - his masterpiece, which was admired by some of cinema's most important…
Known for
- Parajanov: The Last Spring — Himself1992
- The Color of Armenian Land — Himself1969
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mikhail
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grozny
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- art historian
- Educated at
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Nika Award
- Official website
- parajanov.com/vartanov
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- date of birth
- 1937-02-21
- date of death
- 2009-12-31
- name in native language
- Միքայել Վարդանով
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