Mikhail Vartanov: Mikhail Vartanov. Cinematographer: Parajanov: The Last Spring. Vartanov was blacklisted for his debut film, The Color of Land (1969), where he portrayed his dissident friends Parajanov (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), admired by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and many other of cinema's greatest luminaries. For...
Known For: Parajanov: The Last Spring (Cinematographer), Erased Faces (Cinematographer), In This Stone Is My Soul (Cinematographer), Osennyaya pastoral (Cinematographer)