Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 29, 1943
Died
Sep 17, 2014
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Credits
45 titles
Peter von Bagh
Biography
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (August 29, 1943 – September 17, 2014) was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Films directed by Bagh have been screened at prestigious international forums, including retrospectives of his filmography at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine Independente in Buenos Aires, and the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013. Bagh's wrote approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his internationally successful films Helsinki, Forever (2008) and Sodankylä, Forever (2010–2011), a documentary series of the first twenty-five years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival.
Known For
Filmography
The Dinosaur
Self (archive footage)
Aki and Peter
Himself
Lauluja utopiasta
Director
The Other Side of Hope
In Memory Of
Peter von Bagh
Self
Temples of Dreams
Self
Socialism
Director
Remembrance
Director
Conversations Between Men
Haastattelija
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
Narrator
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Writer
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Reader
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
Director
Sodankylä Forever
Self - Narrator
On the Trail of the New Wave
Self
Helsinki, Forever
Narrator (voice)
Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina
Writer
The Man Without a Past
Salvation Army Officer
Aki Kaurismäki
Self
VÄNÄ
Camera Operator
Juha
Juha's Father
Drifting Clouds
First Customer
Man in the Shadows
Director
The Year 1939
Director
The Last Summer 1944
Director
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
Self
I Hired a Contract Killer
Idea
A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
Director
Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
Director
Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life
Director
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
Director
When the Heavens Fall…
Writer
Olavi Virta
Himself / Interviewer (voice)
Kreivi
kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
Bensaa suonissa
Writer
Kesäkapina
Writer
Liikemiehen muotokuva
Director
Mondo Finlandia
Himself
Time of Roses
Writer
Joulukuu
Director
Vanhan valtaus
Director
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
Director
The Year 1952
Director
Edvin Laine
Director
Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
Director