What is Peter von Bagh?
{{Infobox person | name = Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh | image = Peter von Bagh.jpg | caption = Peter von Bagh in June 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1943|8|29}} | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|17|1943|8|29|df=yes}} | death_place = | citizenship = [[Finns|Finnish]] | occupation = [[Movie]] [[historian]], [[writer]], [[director]] }} '''Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh''' (29 August 1943 &ndash; 17 September 2014) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] [[movie]] [[historian]], [[writer]] and [[Movie director|director]]. He worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive and directed many movie [[festival]]s. He was the [[editor-in-chief]] of ''Filmihullu'' [[magazine]]. From 2001 until his death, he had been the artistic director of the [[Il Cinema Ritrovato]] in [[Bologna]], [[Italy]]. In 2004, he was a member of the jury in the competition category of the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. == Early life and career == Von Bagh was born in [[Helsinki]]. He graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]]. in 1970. He also was a [[professor]] at many other [[University|universities]] across Finland, teaching movie history. Von Bagh died after a long illness on 17 September 2014 in Helsinki. He was 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-peter-von-bagh-movie-buffs-movie-buff-209529|title=R.I.P. Peter von Bagh, the movie buff’s movie buff|work=The A.V. Club|date=22 September 2014|accessdate=22 September 2014|first=Ignatiy|last=Vishnevetsky}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/artist/id/4212754/link/jury.html Peter von Bagh] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] webpage * {{IMDb name|901911}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagh, Peter von}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish educators]] [[Category:Finnish historians]] [[Category:Finnish movie directors]] [[Category:Writers from Helsinki]] {{Bio-stub}}