Peter von Bagh

Directing·Aug 29, 1943·Helsinki, Finland

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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.

Film	Credit
Lauluja utopiasta2017 · Director	Director
SSocialism2014 · Director	Director
RRemembrance2013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina2011 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family2011 · Reader, Director	Reader, Director
TThe Story of Mikko Niskanen2010 · Director	Director
Helsinki, Forever2008 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Man in the Shadows1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Year 19391993 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Last Summer 19441992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Day at Karl Marx's Grave1983 · Director	Director
Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone1983 · Director	Director
TTapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
PPaavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times1978 · Director	Director
OOlavi Virta1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kreivi1971 · kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla, Director, Writer	kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla, Director, Writer
LLiikemiehen muotokuva1970 · Director	Director
JJoulukuu1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
VVanhan valtaus1968 · Director	Director
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
EEdvin LaineDirector	Director
TThe Year 1952Writer, Director	Writer, Director
MMuisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomusDirector	Director