Peter Bogdanovich
Known for Directing · 219 credits
- Born
- 1939-07-30
- Died
- 2022-01-06
- Place of birth
- Kingston, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Derek Thomas
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (25)
The Simpsons
1989
as Psychologist (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as George Merritt
The Sopranos
1999
as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Peter Bogdanovich
The Good Wife
2009
as Peter Bogdanovich
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Arnold Whistler
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Northern Exposure
1990
as Himself
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Cybill
1995
8 Simple Rules
2002
as Dr. Lohr
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Get Shorty
2017
as Giustino Moreweather
Film '72
1971
as Self
Talking Sopranos
2020
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Picture Windows
1995
as Lucca
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self
American Cinema
1994
as Self
Out of Order
2003
as Zach
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
Movies (194)
It Chapter Two
2019
as Peter - Director
The Last Picture Show
1971
as DJ (voice) (uncredited)
54
1998
as Elaine's Patron
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
While We're Young
2015
as Speaker
Opening Night
1977
as Self (uncredited)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Are You Here
2013
as Judge Harlan Plath
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
Targets
1968
as Sammy Michaels
Coming Soon
1999
as Bartholomew
Infamous
2006
as Bennett Cerf
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
as Self
The Independent
2000
as Peter Bogdanovich
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self
The Trip
1967
as Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)
F for Fake
1973
as Self
Bella Mafia
1997
as Vito Giancamo
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Brooks Otterlake
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
78/52
2017
as Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Wanderlust
2006
as Himself
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Highball
2002
as Frank
Reborn
2018
as Peter Bogdanovich
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
as Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self
Casting By
2012
as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
Broken English
2007
as Irving Mann
Audrey
2020
as Self - Filmmaker
Dedication
2007
as Roger Spade
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Rated X
2000
as Film Professor
Heavy Rain
2010
as Himself
Abandoned
2010
as Dr. Markus Bensley
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
Saint Jack
1979
as Eddie Schuman
Festival in Cannes
2001
as Milo
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (voice)
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
2000
as Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
as Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004
as Self
The Wild Angels
1966
as Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
1968
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Narrator (voice)
They All Laughed
1981
as Disk Jockey (uncredited)
Between Us
2016
as George
Humboldt County
2008
as Professor Hadley
Mr. Jealousy
1998
as Dr. Howard Poke
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Six L.A. Love Stories
2016
as Duane Crawford
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Pearly Gates
2015
as Marty
John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Self - Interviewee
New York at the Movies
2002
as Self
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996
as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
as Self
Lions Love
1969
as Peter (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
Picture This
1991
as Self
The Death of Playboy Playmate
1995
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
The Creatress
2019
as Theo Mencken
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
2001
as Self
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self
The Fifth Patient
2007
as John Reilly
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
as Self
Invisible Women
as Himself
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
2018
as Self - Executive Producer, Actor
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
as Self
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
as Self
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010
as Self
Don't Let Me Go
2013
as Man
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
Godard Made in USA
2010
as Self
We Blew It
2017
as Self
Working with Orson Welles
1993
as Himself
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992
as Self
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2019
Cold Turkey
2013
as Poppy
On Cukor
2000
as Self
Scene Stealers
2004
as Peter Bogdanovich
Claire Makes It Big
1999
as Arturo Mulligan
Hitchcock and Dial M
2004
as Self
Lick the Star
1998
as Principal
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
as Self
Cult of Terror
2017
as Self - Filmmaker
The Dukes
2007
as Lou Fiola
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali
2008
as Self
Carl Laemmle
2019
as Himself
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
as Self
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014
as Self
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
as Self
Willie and Me
2024
as Charley
About Peter Bogdanovich
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 featur… With 219 credits spanning from 1961 to 2024, Peter Bogdanovich has appeared in 194 films and 25 TV shows.
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- It Chapter Two (2019) — as Peter - Director
- The Last Picture Show (1971) — as DJ (voice) (uncredited)
- 54 (1998) — as Elaine's Patron
- Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) — as Self
- While We're Young (2015) — as Speaker
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