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Peter von Bagh

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
18

Gender
Male

Birthday
August 29, 1943 (82 years old)

Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland

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

Directing

2017Lauluja utopiasta...Director
2014Socialism...Director
2013Remembrance...Director
2011Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina...Director
2011Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family...Director
2010The Story of Mikko Niskanen...Director
2010Sodankylä Forever...Director
2008Helsinki, Forever...Director
2003Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina...Director
1994Man in the Shadows...Director
1993The Year 1939...Director
1992The Last Summer 1944...Director
1983A Day at Karl Marx's Grave...Director
1983Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone...Director
1980Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life...Director
1978Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times...Director
1972Olavi Virta...Director
1971Kreivi...Director
1970Liikemiehen muotokuva...Director
1969Joulukuu...Director
1968Vanhan valtaus...Director
1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth...Director
Edvin Laine...Director
Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus...Director
The Year 1952...Director

Crew

2017The Other Side of Hope...In Memory Of
1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth...Cinematography

Writing

2013Remembrance...Writer
201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero...Writer
2010Sodankylä Forever...Screenplay
2008Helsinki, Forever...Writer
2003Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina...Writer
1994Man in the Shadows...Writer
1993The Year 1939...Writer
1992The Last Summer 1944...Writer
1990I Hired a Contract Killer...Idea
1980Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life...Writer
1972When the Heavens Fall…...Writer
1972Olavi Virta...Screenplay
1971Kreivi...Writer
1970Bensaa suonissa...Writer
1970Kesäkapina...Writer
1969Time of Roses...Writer
1969Joulukuu...Writer
1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth...Writer
The Year 1952...Writer

Production

1993The Year 1939...Producer

Editing

1971Kreivi...Editor

Acting

2021The Dinosauras Self (archive footage)
2018Aki and Peteras Himself
2016Peter von Baghas Self
2015Temples of Dreamsas Self
2013Conversations Between Menas Haastattelija
2011Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarinaas Narrator
2011Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Familyas Reader
2010Sodankylä Foreveras Self - Narrator
2009On the Trail of the New Waveas Self
2008Helsinki, Foreveras Narrator (voice)
2002The Man Without a Pastas Salvation Army Officer
2001Aki Kaurismäkias Self
1999Juhaas Juha's Father
1996Drifting Cloudsas First Customer
1991Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäkias Self
1972Olavi Virtaas Himself / Interviewer (voice)
1971Kreivias kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
1970Mondo Finlandiaas Himself