Directing
Peter von Bagh
DA, FI, EN, FR cinema · 43 credits
Born
29 August 1943
Died
17 September 2014 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Helsinki, Finland
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
Edvin Laine
Edvin Laine
Director
Vuosi 1952
The Year 1952
Director, Writer
The Dinosaur
as Self (archive footage)
Aki and Peter
as Himself
The Other Side of Hope
In Memory Of
Lauluja utopiasta
Director
Conversations Between Men
as Haastattelija
Muisteja
2013
Remembrance
Director, Writer
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
as Reader, Director
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
as Narrator, Director
Ohjaaja matkalla ihmiseksi – Mikko Niskasen tarina
2010
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
Director
Helsinki, Forever
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
The Man Without a Past
as Salvation Army Officer
Aki Kaurismäki
as Self
VÄNÄ
Camera Operator
Juha
as Juha's Father
Drifting Clouds
as First Customer
Man in the Shadows
Director, Writer
The Year 1939
Director, Writer, Producer
The Last Summer 1944
Director, Writer
Tapsa - Viiltoja reissumiehen elämästä
1980
Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life
Director, Writer
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1978
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
Director
Olavi Virta
as Himself / Interviewer (voice), Director, Screenplay
Kreivi
as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla, Director, Writer, Editor
Mondo Finlandia
as Himself
Kesäkapina
Writer
Joulukuu
1969
Joulukuu
Director, Writer
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
Director, Writer, Cinematography