Peter von Bagh
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.
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)
Dove non è peccato
(Himself)
Aki Kaurismäki
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)
Vanhan valtaus
(Director)
Joulukuu
(Director)
Joulukuu
(Writer)
The Last Summer 1944
(Director)
The Last Summer 1944
(Writer)
Liikemiehen muotokuva
(Director)
Bensaa suonissa
(Writer)
Helsinki, Forever
(Director)
Kreivi
(Director)
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
(Director)
Olavi Virta
(Director)
Remembrance
(Director)
Remembrance
(Writer)
Socialism
(Director)
Sodankylä Forever
(Director)
Edvin Laine
(Director)
A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
(Director)
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
(Director)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
(Writer)
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
(Director)
When the Heavens Fall…
(Writer)
The Year 1939
(Director)
The Year 1939
(Writer)
The Year 1939
(Producer)
The Year 1952
(Director)
The Year 1952
(Writer)
Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
(Director)
The Other Side of Hope
(In Memory Of)
Lauluja utopiasta
(Director)
Olavi Virta
(Screenplay)
Kesäkapina
(Writer)
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
(Director)
Time of Roses
(Writer)
Helsinki, Forever
(Writer)
Man in the Shadows
(Director)
Man in the Shadows
(Writer)
I Hired a Contract Killer
(Idea)
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
(Director)
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
(Cinematography)
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
(Writer)
Kreivi
(Writer)
Kreivi
(Editor)
Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina
(Director)
Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina
(Writer)