Peter von Bagh
Known for: Directing
Born: August 28, 1943 in Helsinki, Finland - Died: September 16, 2014
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
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Helsinki, Forever
Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur
Self (archive footage)
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Reader
Temples of Dreams
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
Self
Peter von Bagh
Self
Olavi Virta
Himself / Interviewer (voice)
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
Narrator
The Man Without a Past
Salvation Army Officer
Juha
Juha's Father
Mondo Finlandia
Himself
Aki Kaurismäki
Self
Drifting Clouds
First Customer
On the Trail of the New Wave
Self
Kreivi
kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
Conversations Between Men
Haastattelija
Aki and Peter
Himself
Sodankylä Forever
Self
Sodankylä Forever
Self - Narrator
Vanhan valtaus
Director
Joulukuu
Director
The Last Summer 1944
Director
Liikemiehen muotokuva
Director
Bensaa suonissa
Writer