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.
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Movies
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self
Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self
Cult of Terror Self - Filmmaker
The Wild One Self
Infamous Bennett Cerf
The Fifth Patient John Reilly
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood Self
The Doorman Peter
Scene Stealers Peter Bogdanovich
Rated X Film Professor
Hollywood Legenden Self
Humboldt County Professor Hadley
Dean Martin: King of Cool Self
Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals Self
Hollywood Gangster Self
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon Self
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved Self
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten Self
Highball Frank
Abandoned Dr. Markus Bensley
The Dukes Lou Fiola
Love in Hollywood Self
Queen of the Lot Pedja Sapir
Reborn Peter Bogdanovich
Targets Sammy Michaels
Hollywood Scandals Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Self
Mr. Jealousy Dr. Howard Poke
John Wayne Standing Tall Self
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies Himself
The Informer: Out of the Fog Self
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') Self
On Cukor Self
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Self
Festival in Cannes Milo
Hawks on Hawks Self (voice)
Barry Norman in Celebrity City Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Self
All About 'The Birds' Self
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? Self
By Bogdanovich
Don't Let Me Go Man
New York at the Movies Self
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self
Cold Turkey Poppy
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today Self
Heavy Rain
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart Self
'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures Narrator (voice)
John Ford Goes to War Self - Interviewee
Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic Self
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons Self
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali Self
Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' Self
Edge of Outside Self
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen Self
Durant's Never Closes George
Are You Here Judge Harlan Plath
The Other Side of the Wind Brooks Otterlake
Wanderlust Himself
Fragments of Paradise Self
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth Self
The Battle Over Citizen Kane Self
Bacall on Bogart Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption Himself - Director-Writer-Actor
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas Self
This Is Orson Welles Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film Self
Pearly Gates Marty
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II Self
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man Self
78/52 Self
Lost, Lost, Lost Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
The Tell-Tale Heart Old Man
Between Us George
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance Self
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back Self
The Independent Peter Bogdanovich
Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis Himself
365 Day Project
Arena - John Cassavetes Self
Willie and Me Charley
Directed by John Ford Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Corman's World Self - Filmmaker
Lick the Star Principal
The Story of 'Frenzy' Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood Self
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Self
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock Self
Vittorio D. Self
We Blew It Self
The Definition of Insanity
Morning Has Broken Shem
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film Self
A Constant Forge Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut Self
Hitchcock and Dial M Self
Bella Mafia Vito Giancamo
Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg Himself
The Great Buster: A Celebration Narrator (voice)
Saint Jack Eddie Schuman
3D: A Brief History
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' Self
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making Self - Executive Producer, Actor
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self
The Wild Angels Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)
Working with Orson Welles Himself
F for Fake Self
Hollywood Mavericks Self
The Making of 'Rebecca' Self
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story Self
Notes on the New York Film Festival Self
A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Self
The Next Picture Show Self
Opening Night Self (uncredited)
Lions Love Peter (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle Himself
Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths Self
Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' Self
The Creatress Theo Mencken
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self
It Chapter Two Peter
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger Himself
Los Angeles Overnight Vedor Ph.D.
Dedication Roger Spade
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story Self
Tesla Nation Himself
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Il falso bugiardo Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self
Broken English Irving Mann
Godard Made in USA Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist Self
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Self
Searching for Orson Narrator
Getting the Moon
Coming Soon Bartholomew
I Am Burt Reynolds Self - Interviewee
Audrey Self - Filmmaker
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich Self
While We're Young Speaker
The Trip Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)
The Trouble with 'Marnie' Self
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Claire Makes It Big Arturo Mulligan
Who Is Henry Jaglom? Self
54 Elaine's Patron
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women Narrator (voice)
The Last Picture Show DJ (voice) (uncredited)
They All Laughed Disk Jockey (uncredited)
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides Self
Six L.A. Love Stories Duane Crawford
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh Self
Casting By Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr Self (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Self
A Decade Under the Influence Self
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great Himself
Shows
The Simpsons Psychologist (voice)
How I Met Your Mother Peter Bogdanovich
Cybill
E! True Hollywood Story
Law & Order: Criminal Intent George Merritt
Out of Order Zach
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter Dr. Lohr
The Sopranos Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self
The Mike Douglas Show Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Self
Get Shorty Giustino Moreweather
Northern Exposure Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self - Guest Host
Dinah! Self
Rizzoli & Isles Arnold Whistler
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest
Picture Windows Lucca
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Self - Director and Critic
Great Performances Self
The Good Wife Peter Bogdanovich
Talking Sopranos Self
