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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. A prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement, Bogdanovich began his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire. His initial ventures included a film journalist stint until he got hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels, which opened his debut in the world of filmmaking. Bogdanovich's breakthrough came through the drama The Last Picture Show, earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. His acclaimed works include What's Up, Doc?, Paper Moon, Saint Jack, They All Laughed, Mask, Noises Off, The Cat's Meow, and She's Funny That Way. He also became a significant figure in acting with notable roles in the HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film, The Other Side of the Wind. Bogdanovich's career witnessed him directing documentaries like Directed by John Ford and The Great Buster: A Celebration and winning a Grammy for Best Music Film for directing Runnin' Down a Dream, a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. His published books include in-depth interviews with film titans like Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Peter Bogdanovich
Born: Kingston, New York, U.S.
Citizenship: U.S.
Birthday: July 30, 1939
Occupations: Film director, Actor, Writer, Film producer
Years Active: 1958-2022
Children: 2
Spouses: Polly Platt, Louise Stratten
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Awards and Nominations Received by Peter Bogdanovich
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The Last Picture Show
Paper Moon
The Cat's Meow
The Great Buster: A Celebration
She's Funny That Way
Nickelodeon
Noises Off...
They All Laughed
Daisy Miller
Texasville
Saint Jack
The Thing Called Love
Heavy Rain
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
By Bogdanovich
Corman’s World
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Godard Made in USA
Abandoned
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Los Angeles Overnight
This Is Orson Welles
Six L.A. Love Stories
78/52
The Fabulous Allan Carr
We Blew It
Cult of Terror
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Reborn
Rated X
‘Rear Window’ Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
The Story of ‘Frenzy’
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
John Ford Goes to War
Highball
A Constant Forge
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories
Out of Order
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
Carl Laemmle
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex ’n’ Drugs ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream
The Fifth Patient
The Creatress
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Hustle
Edge of Outside
Searching for Orson
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Commemoration: Howard Hawks’ ‘Rio Bravo’
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and ‘The Wrong Man’
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Mask
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Hollywood Mavericks
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Illegally Yours
Arena - John Cassavetes
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Wanderlust
Bacall on Bogart
I Am Burt Reynolds
The Wild One
Fragments of Paradise
Hitchcock and Dial M
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
The Trip
At Long Last Love
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Bacall on Bogart
Directed by John Ford
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Lions Love
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Once Upon a Time… ‘Notorious’
Lick the Star
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
365 Day Project
Bella Mafia
Howard Hawks: American Artist
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Vittorio D.
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Lost, Lost, Lost
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali
Blessed Assurance
A Saintly Switch
Targets
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
Working with Orson Welles
What’s Up, Doc?
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
The Wild Angels
Career Timeline
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2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self - Narrator
Los Angeles Overnight
Vedor Ph.D.
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Self - Executive Producer, Actor
Reborn
Peter Bogdanovich
2017
78/52
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (voice)
We Blew It
Self
Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
2010
Heavy Rain
Himself
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
Godard Made in USA
Self
Abandoned
Dr. Markus Bensley
2008
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali
Self
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream
The Fifth Patient
John Reilly
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Commemoration: Howard Hawks’ ‘Rio Bravo’
Self
365 Day Project
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
Edge of Outside
Self
Searching for Orson
Narrator
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Wanderlust
Himself
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2004
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self
Hustle
Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic
Self
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and ‘The Wrong Man’
Self
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Self
Hitchcock and Dial M
Self
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex ’n’ Drugs ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2002
The Cat's Meow
John Ford Goes to War
Self - Interviewee
Highball
Frank
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories
Self
2001
‘Rear Window’ Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self
The Story of ‘Frenzy’
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Narrator (voice)
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Himself
2000
Rated X
Film Professor
A Constant Forge
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film
Self
1998
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Lick the Star
Principal
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1997
Bella Mafia
Vito Giancamo
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Self
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Blessed Assurance
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
1993
The Thing Called Love
Working with Orson Welles
Himself
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Self
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Himself
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Himself
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