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Peter von Bagh (1943-2014)

Birthplace:
Helsinki, Finland

Born:
August 29, 1943

Died:
September 17, 2014

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth

Director:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

Editor:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

Idea:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1990  I Hired a Contract Killer
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

In Memory Of:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1990  I Hired a Contract Killer
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
2017  The Other Side of Hope
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

Producer:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1990  I Hired a Contract Killer
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
2017  The Other Side of Hope
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

Screenplay:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1990  I Hired a Contract Killer
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
2017  The Other Side of Hope
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

Writer:
1968  Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968  Vanhan valtaus
1969  Joulukuu
1969  Time of Roses
1970  Bensaa suonissa
1970  Kesäkapina
1970  Liikemiehen muotokuva
1971  Kreivi
1972  Olavi Virta
1972  When the Heavens Fall…
1978  Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
1983  A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
1983  Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
1990  I Hired a Contract Killer
1992  The Last Summer 1944
1993  The Year 1939
1994  Man in the Shadows
2008  Helsinki, Forever
2010  Sodankylä Forever
2010  The Story of Mikko Niskanen
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011  Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2013  Remembrance
2014  Socialism
2017  Lauluja utopiasta
2017  The Other Side of Hope
????  Edvin Laine
????  Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
????  The Year 1952

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TV Production

Director:
2003  Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina

Writer:
2003  Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina

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