Peter Bogdanovich

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

214

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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • It Chapter Two

    It Chapter Two

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Rizzoli & Isles

    Rizzoli & Isles

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Northern Exposure

    Northern Exposure

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • 8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules

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

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

  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

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

    A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

  • Cybill

    Cybill

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

    Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

  • Get Shorty

    Get Shorty

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

  • Targets

    Targets

  • Hollywood Scandals

    Hollywood Scandals

  • Hollywood Gangster

    Hollywood Gangster

  • Between Us

    Between Us

  • Talking Sopranos

    Talking Sopranos

  • Hollywood Legenden

    Hollywood Legenden

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

  • The Trip

    The Trip

  • Heavy Rain

    Heavy Rain

  • Opening Night

    Opening Night

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • Saint Jack

    Saint Jack

  • Lions Love

    Lions Love

  • The Creatress

    The Creatress

  • Coming Soon

    Coming Soon

  • The Last Picture Show

    The Last Picture Show

  • Infamous

    Infamous

  • The Dukes

    The Dukes

  • Audrey

    Audrey

  • On Cukor

    On Cukor

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • The Doorman

    The Doorman

  • Mr. Jealousy

    Mr. Jealousy

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Cold Turkey

    Cold Turkey

  • Humboldt County

    Humboldt County

  • 54

    54

  • Dedication

    Dedication

  • Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

  • Reborn

    Reborn

  • Highball

    Highball

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

    Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Bella Mafia

    Bella Mafia

  • Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick

    Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick

  • F for Fake

    F for Fake

  • Are You Here

    Are You Here

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • The Orson Welles Story

    The Orson Welles Story

  • What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

  • Hollywood Mavericks

    Hollywood Mavericks

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • Tesla Nation

    Tesla Nation

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

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

  • Six L.A. Love Stories

    Six L.A. Love Stories

  • The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

  • The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

    The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

  • Out of Order

    Out of Order

  • Scene Stealers

    Scene Stealers

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • Carl Laemmle

    Carl Laemmle

  • The Wild Angels

    The Wild Angels

  • A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

    BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

  • Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

    Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

  • 'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich

    'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich

  • America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

    America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

  • 78/52

    78/52

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

  • Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis

    Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis

  • By Bogdanovich

    By Bogdanovich

  • F.

    F.

  • Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

    Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

  • Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

    Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

  • They All Laughed

    They All Laughed

  • 365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

  • 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

    100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

  • Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Out of the Blue and Into the Black

  • Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

    Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

  • Pearly Gates

    Pearly Gates

  • The Death of Playboy Playmate

    The Death of Playboy Playmate

  • Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

    Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

  • The Making of 'Rebecca'

    The Making of 'Rebecca'

  • While We're Young

    While We're Young

  • This Is Orson Welles

    This Is Orson Welles

  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

  • Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

  • Willie and Me

    Willie and Me

  • John Ford Goes to War

    John Ford Goes to War

  • The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

    The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

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

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

  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

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

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

  • Bacall on Bogart

    Bacall on Bogart

  • 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

  • Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

    Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

  • 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

  • We Blew It

    We Blew It

  • Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

  • Don't Let Me Go

    Don't Let Me Go

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

    Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

    Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

  • Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

  • Love in Hollywood

    Love in Hollywood

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

  • I Am Burt Reynolds

    I Am Burt Reynolds

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

  • Dean Martin: King of Cool

    Dean Martin: King of Cool

  • Hitchcock and Dial M

    Hitchcock and Dial M

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

  • Barry Norman in Celebrity City

    Barry Norman in Celebrity City

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

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • On the tracks of a filmmaker

    On the tracks of a filmmaker

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • Lick the Star

    Lick the Star

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • The Wild One

    The Wild One

  • Working with Orson Welles

    Working with Orson Welles

  • Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

    Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

  • Arena - John Cassavetes

    Arena - John Cassavetes

  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

  • New York at the Movies

    New York at the Movies

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • The Fifth Patient

    The Fifth Patient

  • Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

  • Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

    Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

  • Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • All About 'The Birds'

    All About 'The Birds'

  • The Informer: Out of the Fog

    The Informer: Out of the Fog

  • Howard Hawks: American Artist

    Howard Hawks: American Artist

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Godard Made in USA

    Godard Made in USA

  • Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

    Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

  • Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

  • Notes on the New York Film Festival

    Notes on the New York Film Festival

  • Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

    Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

  • Los Angeles Overnight

    Los Angeles Overnight

  • John Wayne Standing Tall

    John Wayne Standing Tall

  • Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

  • Picture Windows

    Picture Windows

  • Morning Has Broken

    Morning Has Broken

  • Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

    Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

  • 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')

  • An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

    An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

  • Hawks on Hawks

    Hawks on Hawks

  • The Independent

    The Independent

  • Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

    Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

  • Getting the Moon

    Getting the Moon

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

    John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

  • Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

  • The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

    The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

  • Rated X

    Rated X

  • Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

    Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

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

    Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg

  • Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

    Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

  • The Next Picture Show

    The Next Picture Show

  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart

    Cary Grant: A Class Apart

  • A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

    A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

  • Wanderlust

    Wanderlust

  • The Fabulous Allan Carr

    The Fabulous Allan Carr

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

    Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

  • Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

    Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

  • Searching for Orson

    Searching for Orson

  • Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

    Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

  • 3D: A Brief History

    3D: A Brief History

  • The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

    The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

  • Cult of Terror

    Cult of Terror

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

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

  • Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

    Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

  • Durant's Never Closes

    Durant's Never Closes

  • Claire Makes It Big

    Claire Makes It Big

  • Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

    Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

  • Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

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

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

  • Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

    Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

  • The Definition of Insanity

    The Definition of Insanity

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

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

  • A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

    A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

  • Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

    Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

  • Picture Windows: Song of Songs

    Picture Windows: Song of Songs