Peter Bogdanovich

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

216

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-07-30

Day of death

2022-01-06 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Kingston, New York, USA

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

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Sopranos

    The Sopranos

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Rizzoli & Isles

    Rizzoli & Isles

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • It Chapter Two

    It Chapter Two

  • Northern Exposure

    Northern Exposure

  • Are You Here

    Are You Here

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Saint Jack

    Saint Jack

  • Audrey

    Audrey

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • Infamous

    Infamous

  • Hollywood Mavericks

    Hollywood Mavericks

  • Mr. Jealousy

    Mr. Jealousy

  • Bella Mafia

    Bella Mafia

  • Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

  • 8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules

  • Get Shorty

    Get Shorty

  • Reborn

    Reborn

  • The Creatress

    The Creatress

  • They All Laughed

    They All Laughed

  • 78/52

    78/52

  • Carl Laemmle

    Carl Laemmle

  • Dedication

    Dedication

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • F.

    F.

  • Pearly Gates

    Pearly Gates

  • The Wild Angels

    The Wild Angels

  • By Bogdanovich

    By Bogdanovich

  • Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

    Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Godard Made in USA

    Godard Made in USA

  • Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

    Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

  • The Dukes

    The Dukes

  • The Next Picture Show

    The Next Picture Show

  • We Blew It

    We Blew It

  • I Am Burt Reynolds

    I Am Burt Reynolds

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • New York at the Movies

    New York at the Movies

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Arena - John Cassavetes

    Arena - John Cassavetes

  • Highball

    Highball

  • Los Angeles Overnight

    Los Angeles Overnight

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • F for Fake

    F for Fake

  • Coming Soon

    Coming Soon

  • 54

    54

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Targets

    Targets

  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

  • Picture This

    Picture This

  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

  • Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

  • Scene Stealers

    Scene Stealers

  • The Last Picture Show

    The Last Picture Show

  • Out of Order

    Out of Order

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

    Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

  • The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

  • Lions Love

    Lions Love

  • While We're Young

    While We're Young

  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

  • Picture Windows

    Picture Windows

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • The Trip

    The Trip

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

  • Morning Has Broken

    Morning Has Broken

  • Howard Hawks: American Artist

    Howard Hawks: American Artist

  • Opening Night

    Opening Night

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Dean Martin: King of Cool

    Dean Martin: King of Cool

  • Don't Let Me Go

    Don't Let Me Go

  • John Wayne Standing Tall

    John Wayne Standing Tall

  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

  • Heavy Rain

    Heavy Rain

  • Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

    Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • Humboldt County

    Humboldt County

  • Between Us

    Between Us

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

  • Hitchcock and Dial M

    Hitchcock and Dial M

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

  • The Independent

    The Independent

  • America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

    America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Rated X

    Rated X

  • 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

    'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

  • Hollywood Legenden

    Hollywood Legenden

  • BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

    BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Wanderlust

    Wanderlust

  • Hollywood Gangster

    Hollywood Gangster

  • Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick

    Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick

  • The Fifth Patient

    The Fifth Patient

  • Cult of Terror

    Cult of Terror

  • Cold Turkey

    Cold Turkey

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • 365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

  • Lick the Star

    Lick the Star

  • The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

    The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

  • Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

    Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

  • It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

    It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

    Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

    Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

  • The Fabulous Allan Carr

    The Fabulous Allan Carr

  • Willie and Me

    Willie and Me

  • One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

    One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

  • A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

  • The Wild One

    The Wild One

  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

  • Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

    Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • Love in Hollywood

    Love in Hollywood

  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart

    Cary Grant: A Class Apart

  • Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

  • The Making of 'Rebecca'

    The Making of 'Rebecca'

  • Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

  • Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

    Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

  • Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

    Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

  • Six L.A. Love Stories

    Six L.A. Love Stories

  • Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

    Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

  • Claire Makes It Big

    Claire Makes It Big

  • On the tracks of a filmmaker

    On the tracks of a filmmaker

  • Picture Windows: Song of Songs

    Picture Windows: Song of Songs

  • Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

  • A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

    A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

  • Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

    Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

  • They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson

    They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson

  • Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

    Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

  • John Ford Goes to War

    John Ford Goes to War

  • Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

    Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

  • On Cukor

    On Cukor

  • Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

    Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

  • The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20

    The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20

  • Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

  • Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

    Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

  • Barry Norman in Celebrity City

    Barry Norman in Celebrity City

  • 3D: A Brief History

    3D: A Brief History

  • Bacall on Bogart

    Bacall on Bogart

  • Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

    Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

  • Tesla Nation

    Tesla Nation

  • Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

    Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

  • Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

  • Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

    Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

  • The Informer: Out of the Fog

    The Informer: Out of the Fog

  • Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Out of the Blue and Into the Black

  • This Is Orson Welles

    This Is Orson Welles

  • The Death of Playboy Playmate

    The Death of Playboy Playmate

  • All About 'The Birds'

    All About 'The Birds'

  • Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

    Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

  • The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

    The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

  • The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

  • Working with Orson Welles

    Working with Orson Welles

  • Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

  • The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

    The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

  • Durant's Never Closes

    Durant's Never Closes

  • The Definition of Insanity

    The Definition of Insanity

  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

  • Hollywood Scandals

    Hollywood Scandals

  • John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

    John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

  • Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

  • Searching for Orson

    Searching for Orson

  • The Orson Welles Story

    The Orson Welles Story

  • The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons

  • The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

    The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

  • The Doorman

    The Doorman

  • Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

    Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

  • 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

    100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

  • Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg

    Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg

  • Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis

    Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis

  • The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'

    The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'

  • Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

    Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

  • Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

    Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

  • Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

    Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

  • Notes on the New York Film Festival

    Notes on the New York Film Festival

  • Hawks on Hawks

    Hawks on Hawks

  • Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

    Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

  • Getting the Moon

    Getting the Moon

  • An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

    An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

  • 'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich

    'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich

  • A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

    A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

  • A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

    A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

  • Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

    Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today