Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990)

Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. His films are known for their poetic, non-linear and symbolic nature. Widely considered by filmmakers, film critics and film historians to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, he has been described as a "magician", a "master" and a "conjurer of cinematic worlds".