Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 30, 1939
Died
Jan 06, 2022
Place of Birth
Kingston, New York, USA
Credits
251 titles
Peter Bogdanovich
Biography
Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire before becoming a prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). His credited feature film debut came with Targets (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama The Last Picture Show (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Other films include Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Noises Off (1992), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). As an actor, he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018). He also published numerous books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Self (Archival Footage)
Willie and Me
Charley
The Wild One
Self
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self
Argentina 1985
Thanks
Fragments of Paradise
Self
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
Self
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self - Interviewee
Audrey
Self - Filmmaker
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
Morning Has Broken
Shem
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
Talking Sopranos
Self
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
It Chapter Two
Peter - Director
The Creatress
Theo Mencken
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Carl Laemmle
Himself
Reborn
Peter Bogdanovich
The Other Side of the Wind
Brooks Otterlake
Tesla Nation
Himself
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Narrator (voice)
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Self - Executive Producer, Actor
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self
Los Angeles Overnight
Vedor Ph.D.
We Blew It
Self
Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker
78/52
Self
Get Shorty
Giustino Moreweather
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (voice)
Hawks on Hawks
Self (voice)
Six L.A. Love Stories
Duane Crawford
Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
Himself
Between Us
George
The Tell-Tale Heart
Old Man
Durant's Never Closes
George
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
This Is Orson Welles
Self
Pearly Gates
Marty
She's Funny That Way
Self in TV clip (uncredited)
While We're Young
Speaker
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker
Phantom Halo
Executive Producer
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self