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Peter von Bagh
Director

Peter von Bagh

29 Aug 1943Born
17 Sep 2014Died
71Age at death
34Credits

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.

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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

  1. TBAEdvin LaineFilm: Director
  2. TBAThe Year 1952Film: Director, Writer
  3. TBAMuisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomusFilm: Director
  4. 2017Lauluja utopiastaFilm: Director
  5. 2014SocialismFilm: Director
  6. 2013RemembranceFilm: Director, Writer
  7. 2013Conversations Between MenFilm: Haastattelija
  8. 2011Suomalaiset ja raha – RakkaustarinaFilm: Narrator, Director
  9. 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroFilm: Writer
  10. 2011Splinters - A Century of an Artistic FamilyFilm: Reader, Director
  11. 2010The Story of Mikko NiskanenFilm: Director
  12. 2010Sodankylä ForeverSeries: Director, Screenplay (4 episodes)
  13. 2008Helsinki, ForeverFilm: Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
  14. 2003Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarinaSeries: Writer, Director (12 episodes)
  15. 2002The Man Without a PastFilm: Salvation Army Officer
  16. 1999JuhaFilm: Juha's Father
  17. 1996Drifting CloudsFilm: First Customer
  18. 1994Man in the ShadowsFilm: Director, Writer
  19. 1993The Year 1939Film: Director, Writer
  20. 1992The Last Summer 1944Film: Director, Writer
  21. 1983A Day at Karl Marx's GraveFilm: Director
  22. 1983Lähikuvassa: Hassisen KoneFilm: Director
  23. 1980Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's LifeFilm: Director, Writer
  24. 1978Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His TimesFilm: Director
  25. 1972When the Heavens Fall…Film: Writer
  26. 1972Olavi VirtaFilm: Director, Screenplay
  27. 1971KreiviFilm: kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla, Director, Writer
  28. 1970Bensaa suonissaFilm: Writer
  29. 1970KesäkapinaFilm: Writer
  30. 1970Liikemiehen muotokuvaFilm: Director
  31. 1969Time of RosesFilm: Writer
  32. 1969JoulukuuFilm: Director, Writer
  33. 1968Vanhan valtausFilm: Director
  34. 1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois YouthFilm: Director, Writer

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