Peter von Bagh
Known for DirectingBorn 1943-08-29 — died 2014-09-17Helsinki, 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.
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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
The Man Without a Past
2002 · as Salvation Army Officer
Drifting Clouds
1996 · as First Customer
The Dinosaur
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Helsinki, Forever
2008 · as Narrator (voice)
Aki Kaurismäki
2001 · as Self
Temples of Dreams
2015 · as Self
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009 · as Self
Conversations Between Men
2013 · as Haastattelija
Kreivi
1971 · as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
Juha
1999 · as Juha's Father
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
1991 · as Self
Aki and Peter
2018 · as Himself
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2011 · as Narrator
Peter von Bagh
2016 · as Self
Olavi Virta
1972 · as Himself / Interviewer (voice)
Mondo Finlandia
1970 · as Himself
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011 · as Reader