Peter Bogdanovich

Known for DirectingBorn 1939-07-30Died 2022-01-06Kingston, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Talking Sopranos

365 Day Project

Claire Makes It Big

Love in Hollywood

Picture Windows

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

The Definition of Insanity

Picture This

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

New York at the Movies

The Orson Welles Story

The Sopranos

Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

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

American Cinema

How I Met Your Mother

Durant's Never Closes

E! True Hollywood Story

Argentina 1985

The Mystery of Natalie Wood

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Rizzoli & Isles

A Decade Under the Influence

Picture Windows: Song of Songs

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

The Simpsons

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

The City Girl

The Trouble with 'Marnie'

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Northern Exposure

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

The Good Wife

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

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Paper Moon

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

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures